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Add MS 7085, f 24
- Record Id:
- 040-003394596
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055631520.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 24
- Title:
- 'A Plan of Mercury Bay', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Location: Mercury Bay, New Zealand
Date: [November 1769]
Scale: 3 inches = 3 miles (1:72,960)
Title inscribed in ink (upper left): A PLAN OF MERCURY BAY on the N.E. COAST of NEW ZELAND in Lat 36° 48’ S.
Linear scale below title: ‘A Scale of Miles’ (3 inches = 3 miles).
Cook’s Admiralty MS refers to this chart in a marginal note: ‘See Plan No 24. View 27’ (The National Archives ADM 55/40, f. 89).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394596 - Is part of:
- Add MS 7085 : Charts, plans, views and drawings, taken on board H.M. bark Endeavour, in the years 1768, 1769 and 1770, by Lieut. James Cook, Commander
Add MS 7085, f 24 : 'A Plan of Mercury Bay', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0026]/040-003394596
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 map
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1769
- Date Range:
- Nov 1769
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink, and wash, on paper
Dimensions (plus extended sections for views a and f):
Chart frame: 297 x 425 mm
Sheet: 320 x 482 mm
- Finding Aids:
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Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988), 1.216
- Publications:
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A Charles Begg, and C Neil, James Cook and New Zealand (1969), plate 31.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Cook, James, explorer and naval officer, 1728-1779,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122779981,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/31994819
Smith, Isaac, Royal Navy officer, 1752-1831