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Add MS 15500, f 11
- Record Id:
- 040-003397696
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056312967.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15500, f 11
- Title:
- A plan of Niue by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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Inscribed on the plan is 'Savage Island', the name James Cook gave to the Island.
A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet.
Title: A view of Niue by Joseph Gilbert/Isaac Smith
Location: Niue
Date: [Jun 1774]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour, on paper.
Scale: 15’ of Longitude = 5 inches (approx. 1:205,000 in 19o S)
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087270
040-003397696 - 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 11 : A plan of Niue by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087270[0011]/040-003397696
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15500
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 map, 1 drawing
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1774
- End Date:
- 1774
- Date Range:
- Jun 1774
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and Ink, Yellow Wash and Grey brush-work, on paper.
Dimensions: 273 x 192 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992) 2.186
- Publications:
- Reproduced in Skelton R.A. (ed.) The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery; Charts & Views drawn by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the original manuscripts. Cambridge, 1955 (Hakluyt Society). pl. XXXIVb.
- Material Type:
- Maps and Plans
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gilbert, Joseph, naval officer, 1732-1831
Smith, Isaac, Royal Navy officer, 1752-1831 - Related Material:
- This chart is a copy of the chart held at The National Archives, Adm 55/107, f. 154, but with a slightly different longitude graduation, and the addition of the Resolution’s track.