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844596
  • Title
    Series 01: Samuel Wallis - Log book kept during his voyage around the world in command of H.M.S. Dolphin, Volume 1: 19 June 1766-27 July 1767, with the report of John Gore on an expedition into the interior of Tahiti, 25 July 1767
  • Call number
    Safe 1/98
    Safe 1/98a
  • Level of description
    series
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    844596
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Scope and Content
    Describes Wallis' voyage from England via Madeira and Cape Verde Island to Patagonia, then through the Straits of Magellan and previously unexplored parts of the Pacific, ending with an account of his stay at Tahiti which he named King George the Third's Island. Stitched in at the end of the volume is the report of John Gore, mate of the Dolphin, on the expedition he led into the interior of Tahiti on 25 July; and 'A poetical essay on the Dolphin sailing round the globe...by R. Richardson'. Also included in the volume are sketches of flying fish and 5 profiles of the Patagonian coast.

    Safe 1/98a comprises report on log books and sketchbook by P. Mander-Jones
  • Finding Aids
  • General note

    Photocopy available at CY Safe 1/98 (xerox copyflo on open access).
    Microfilm copy available at MAV/FM4/1355, frames 1-144 (Safe 1/98); MAV/FM3/486 (Poetical elegy and report of John Gore only)
    Digital order no:Album ID : 846320
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