Journal of Captain James Cook (as filmed by the AJCP) [microform] : [M722], 1772-1775
- Bib ID:
- 333767
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Cook, James, 1728-1779
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference.
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Summary:
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Copy of Cook's journal of the second voyage, 9 April 1772 to 29 July 1775, in two folio volumes (416 and 558 pages). The inscription on the title page reads "A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's sloop the Resolution in a voyage on Discoveries towards the South Pole and round the World by Captain James Cook 1772, 3, 4, and 5. The manuscript is in the hand of Cook's clerk on the Resolution during the third voyage.
- Biography/History:
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Navigator and explorer. Cook circumnavigated New Zealand and charted its coast in 1770 before discovering and charting the east coast of Australia. On his second major voyage between 1772 and 1775 he circumnavigated the world in the Resolution accompanied by the Adventure.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M722.
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-815318512
- Microfilm copy of originals held National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin.
- Cited In:
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 34, p. 28.
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Descriptive list at beginning of reel.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1772, 1775
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Miscellaneous Series (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
This collection contains 521 records. - Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary, dramatic or musical work
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1779
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 9999
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