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Add MS 7085, f 34
- Record Id:
- 040-003394651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055769429.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 34
- Title:
- 'A chart of the … east coast of New Holland', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Location: East coast of New Holland [Australia]
Date: [April – September 1770]
Scale: 1 inch = 1° of longitude (approx. 1:4,060,000 in 22° S)
Chart of the east coast of Australia from Point Hicks to Endeavour Strait, labelled with place names. Includes an outline of the southern coast of New Guinea and the Australian coast from Endeavour Strait to the west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, both inscribed: ‘This part of the Coast is taken from the old Charts’.
Inscribed in ink (upper left): ‘A CHART OF THE SEA COAST OF NEW SOUTH WALES / OR THE / EAST COAST OF NEW HOLLAND / BY LIEUT.T J. COOK COMMANDER / of / HIS MAJESTYS BARK the ENDEAVOUR / who discovered and Explored this Coast in 1770.’
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394651 - 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 34 : 'A chart of the … east coast of New Holland', by James Cook, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0036]/040-003394651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 map
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Apr 1770-Sep 1770
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and ink, and wash, on paper, linen backed
Dimensions:
Chart frame: 588 x 905 mm
Sheet: 619 x 945 mm
- Finding Aids:
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Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.270
- Publications:
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Reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plate XX.
Reproduced in A Murray-Oliver, Captain Cook’s Artists in the Pacific, 1769-1779 (1969), plate 40.
- Exhibitions:
- Mapping Our World exhibition, National Library of Australia, Canberra, 7 November 2013 - 10 March 2014
- 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