Catalogue description 1 item (illustrating the log of HMS Resolution, Captain James Cook, 1772-1775) extracted...

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Reference: MPI 1/91
Description:

1 item (illustrating the log of HMS Resolution, Captain James Cook, 1772-1775) extracted from ADM 55/108. Argentina. Chart of the south coast of Tierra del Fuego and Staten Island (now Isla de los Estados), showing the course of HMS Resolution round Cape Horn in 1773; also showing soundings. Scale: 1 inch to 16 miles. Insets: (i) Christmas Sound, scale: 1 inch to 4 miles; (ii) New Year's Harbour, scale: 1 inch to 1 mile. Compass indicators to both insets. ORDER THIS DOCUMENT AS MPI 1/85.

Date: [1773]
Related material:

For other items extracted from ADM 55/108 see

MFQ 1/533

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Dimensions: 45 cm x 63 cm
Map scale: 1:1013760
Physical condition: MS
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description
Publication note:

Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 4173

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