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Add MS 15500, f 6
- Record Id:
- 040-003397683
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056311050.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15500, f 6
- Title:
- A chart of Tongatapu and ‘Eua by James Cook, surveyor, and Henry Roberts, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
-
Seven views are underneath the chart on the same sheet.
View A
Title: ‘Middleburg [‘Eua] when bearing W by S 4 leagues’ by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Middleburg [‘Eua], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Grey wash on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View B
Title: ‘Pylstart [Pylstaert or ‘Ata] NW by N 6 Leagues’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Pylstart [‘Ata], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Grey wash on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View C
Title: ‘The West Pt of Middleburg [‘Eua] bearing N 6 Miles’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Middleburg [‘Eua], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, Watercolour, on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View D
Title: ‘Middleburg [‘Eua] ESE two Miles’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Middleburg [‘Eua], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, Watercolour, on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View E
Title: ‘Amsterdam [Tongatapu] the South Pt bearing West 4 Miles’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Amsterdam [Tongatapu], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, Watercolour, on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View F
Title: ‘The So point of Amsterdam [Tongatapu]’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Amsterdam [Tongatapu], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, Watercolour, on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen below the view.
View G
Title: ‘Amsterdam [Tongatapu] when at Anchor under the West End’, by James Cook/Henry Roberts
Location: Amsterdam [Tongatapu], Tonga
Date: [Oct 1773]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, Watercolour, on paper.
The title as above is inscribed in pen above the view.
Scale: ‘A Scale of seven Leagues’ = 5¼ inches (1:291,840)
For another version of this sheet with the same selection of soundings but with different views, see Add MS 31360, f. 61.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087270
040-003397683 - 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 6 : A chart of Tongatapu and ‘Eua by James Cook, surveyor, and Henry Roberts, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087270[0006]/040-003397683
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15500
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map, 7 drawings
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1773
- End Date:
- 1773
- Date Range:
- Oct 1773
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: Green and Grey washes on Paper.
Dimensions: 536 x 359 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992) 2.113
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- 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
Roberts, Henry, Lieutenant, Royal Navy, 1756-1796,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000101217269,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/150644264 - Related Material:
- The chart appears to be based on Cook’s chart, which is held at The National Archives, MPI 87 (extracted from Adm 55.108, after f.150), but with a different selection of soundings.