Navigation notes relating to James Cook, 1760-1770 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 2794975
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Kidd, John
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- 1760-1770
- 4 p.
- Summary:
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Description of Trinidad Habour, with sketch maps, by John Kidd, who took it from the journal of a Dutch East India Company ship, 1760. This is enclosed in a letter to the Earl of Sandwich from [Proby] who suggests it "may [be] of use to Capn Cook ...". Contemporary manuscript copy, 4 p. folio. Also a slip of paper containing navigational details for 25 Jan. 1770, signed Alexander Hood.
- Biography/History:
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James Cook (1729-1779) was a noted explorer, navigator and hydrographer. In 1769 he reached New Zealand and charted its coastline. Cook sailed further west and the coast of New South Wales was sighted in April 1770. Sailing north he charted 5000 miles of the eastern coastline with great accuracy. Cook landed at Botany Bay and collected many botanical and biological specimens for later study. He took formal possession of New Zealand and New South Wales for England. Cook's second expedition sailed far south and thus confirmed that a great southern continent did not exist. On his third voyage to explore the Pacific coasts of North America and Siberia, Cook visited the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) but was killed here in 1779. Cook was also known for successfully dealing with scurvy amongst his crew, a common disease at that time.
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 108.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-517536570
- Cited In:
- Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; A627 (Rev 1)
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1760-1770
- Occupation:
- Explorers
- Other authors/contributors:
- Hood, Alexander
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1840 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1770
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1770
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