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Add MS 15500, f 4
- Record Id:
- 040-003397675
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056307948.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15500, f 4
- Title:
- A chart of Dusky Sound by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Henry Robert, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
-
Inset in the upper left is another chart.
Title: Pickersgill Harbour, by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Henry Robert, draughtsman
Date: [Mar 1773-May 1773]
Scale: ‘A Scale of 300 Fathom.’ [=2½ inches] (1:8,640)
Medium: Pen and Ink on tracing paper.
Scale: ‘A Scale of four Leagues’ [= 6 inches] (1:145,920)
Inscribed in ink below the chart is ‘Dusky Bay New Zeeland [Zealand] in Late 45o 47’ 30” S Longitude 166o 2’ 45” East from Greenwich the tides flow 11 hours full and Change’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087270
040-003397675 - Is part of:
- Add MS 15500 : 22 charts and views, mostly taken during Captain James Cook's voyage in the Resolution through the Pacific and Southern Oceans
Add MS 15500, f 4 : A chart of Dusky Sound by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Henry Robert, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087270[0004]/040-003397675
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15500
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 maps
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1773
- End Date:
- 1773
- Date Range:
- Mar 1773-May 1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: Pen and Ink on tracing paper.
Dimensions: 332 x 283 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992) 2.56
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gilbert, Joseph, naval officer, 1732-1831
Roberts, Henry, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 1756-1796,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000101217269,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/150644264