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Add MS 15500, f 18
- Record Id:
- 040-003397711
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056315898.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15500, f 18
- Title:
- A plan of Norfolk Island by James Cook, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet.
Title: A view of Norfolk Island, a copy of Joseph Gilbert’s view, probably by John Elliott
Location: Norfolk Island
Date: [Oct 1774]
Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour on paper.
Scale: 10’ of Latitude = 5 inches (1:145,920)
The draughtsmanship of this map has been attributed to John Elliott on the grounds of style by Andrew David in The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087270
040-003397711 - 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 18 : A plan of Norfolk Island by James Cook, surveyor, and probably John Elliott, draughtsman - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087270[0018]/040-003397711
- 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:
- Oct 1774
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pen and Ink, Wash, and Watercolour, on Paper.
Dimensions: 310 x 197 mm
- Finding Aids:
-
Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992) 2.232
- 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
Elliott, John, of Elliott House near Ripon, naval officer, 1759-1834,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000084244467
Gilbert, Joseph, naval officer, 1732-1831 - Related Material:
- This sheet combines a copy of Cook’s plan of the Island, held at The National Archives, MPI 89 (extracted from Adm 55/108 after f. 150), and Gilbert’s view of the Island, also held at The National Archives, Adm 55/107, f. 180.