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Add MS 15500, f 20
- Record Id:
- 040-003397713
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087270
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056316123.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15500, f 20
- Title:
- A chart of the atolls Apatiki (upper right), Toau (lower right), Kaukura (lower left), and Arutua (upper left), of the Palliser Islands, Tuamotu Group, French Polynesia, by Joseph Gilbert, surveyor, and Isaac Smith, draughtsman
- Scope & Content:
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A view is underneath the chart on the same sheet.
Title: A View of one of the atolls of the Palliser Islands, by Joseph Gilbert/Isaac Smith
Location: Palliser Islands, French Polynesia
Date: [Apr 1774]
Medium: Wash and Watercolour on Paper.
Scale: 20’ of Latitude = 5 inches (1:291,840)
Another version of this sheet can be found at Add MS 31360, f.57,
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087270
040-003397713 - 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 20 : A chart of the atolls Apatiki (upper right), Toau (lower right), Kaukura (lower left), and Arutua (upper left), of the… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087270[0020]/040-003397713
- 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:
- Apr 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: 267 x 363 mm
- Finding Aids:
- Andrew David, The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, Vol. 2 (1992) 2.164
- 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:
- Another version of this sheet can be found at and at The National Archives, Adm 55/107, f.147.