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Add MS 7085, f 31
- Record Id:
- 040-003394648
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055767780.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 31
- Title:
- 'Views of lands on the Coast of New Zeland', drawings by Charles Praval
- Scope & Content:
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Location: New Zeland [Coast of Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand]
Date: [January – March 1770]
Five views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed, under the heading ‘Views of Lands on the Coast of New Zeland’.
a) 'A view of the watering place in Queen Charlottes Sound'. Drawing frame: 123 x 510 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
b) 'A view of the Snowey Mountains distant 6 leagues' [Kaikoura Range, New Zealand]. Drawing frame: 149 x 624 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Bearing ‘WNW’ inscribed in ink above Mount Tapuaenuku (centre).
c) 'A view of the South Cape taken when the Traps bore SS East distant 1 ½ leagues'. Drawing frame: 141 x 570 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
d) 'A view of the land on the NW side of the SW Bay' South West Bay, New Zealand. Drawing frame: 100 x 568 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
e) 'A view of Five Fingers Point bearing ESE distant 2 leagues'. Drawing frame: 93 x 570 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394648 - 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 31 : 'Views of lands on the Coast of New Zeland', drawings by Charles Praval - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0033]/040-003394648
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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5 drawings
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Jan 1770-Mar 1770
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink, on paper, linen backed
Dimensions:
Drawing frame: 632 x 624 mm
Sheet: 663 x 630 mm
- Finding Aids:
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Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.250, 1.255, 1.258, 1.262, 1.265
- Publications:
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Views a, b, and e reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plates XIXa, XIXb, and XIXc.
View d reproduced in A Charles Begg and C Neil, James Cook and New Zealand (1969), plate 96 (detail).
- Exhibitions:
- Captain James Cook: his artists and draughtsmen, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand , October 1964 - December 1964
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Praval, Charles, Artist, fl 1770-1789