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Add MS 7085, f 36
- Record Id:
- 040-003394663
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003354378
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055776119.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 7085, f 36
- Title:
- 'Views of lands on the coast of New South Wales', drawings by Charles Praval
- Scope & Content:
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Location: East coast of New South Wales [Australia]
Date: [April – May 1770]
Six views on several sheets of paper pasted together and linen backed.
Title inscribed in central box ‘Views of Lands on the Coast of New South Wales’ (centre)’.
a) 'A view of the Pigeon House and land adjacent'. Drawing frame: 110 x 528 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Ink inscription (centre): ‘Pigeon House NW½N’.
b) 'A view of the Pigeon House and land adjacent'. Drawing frame: 100 x 528 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Ink inscription (centre): ‘Pigeon House NW’.
c) 'A view of Cape Byron and Mount Warning'. Drawing frame: 108 x 243 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing. Ink inscriptions: ‘Mount Warning NW½W’ (right) and ‘Cape Byron NWBW distant 2 Miles’ (left).
d) 'Mount Warning, Australia'. Drawing frame: 108 x 168 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
e) 'A view of Sandy Cape bearing S. distant 5 leagues'. Drawing frame: 90 x 528 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.Reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plate XXIc.
f) 'A view of Cape Capricorn bearing S. 60° E distant 4 miles'. Drawing frame: 63 x 627 mm. Title inscribed in ink above the drawing.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003354378
040-003394663 - 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 36 : 'Views of lands on the coast of New South Wales', drawings by Charles Praval - Hierarchy:
- 032-003354378[0038]/040-003394663
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 7085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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6 drawings
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- Apr 1770-May 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: 476 x 528 mm
Sheet: 535 x 595 mm
- Finding Aids:
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Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988) 1.276, 1.277, 1.289, 1.288, 1.292, 1.293.
- Publications:
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Whole sheet reproduced in Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 1 (1988), page 274.
Views a, c, and e reproduced in R A Skelton, Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers (1955), plates XXIa, XXIb, XXIc.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Praval, Charles, Artist, fl 1770-1789