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432422
  • Title
    John Byron - Journal [M605], 1764-1766
  • Creator
  • Call number
    MAV/FM4/748
    Status: unavailable
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    432422
  • Physical Description
    microfilm reel 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    Navigator. Byron commanded H.M.S. Dolphin in a voyage of discovery round the world 2 July 1764 to 9 May 1766. He passed through the Straits of Magellan then westward across the Pacific making few discoveries. He stayed at Tinian Island (Marianas) for a few months then sailed back to England via Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope
  • Scope and Content
    Journal of H.M.S. Dolphin 21 June 1764 to 9 May 1766 with marginal notes probably by John Hawkesworth. As well as giving meteorological and navigational information, the journal gives brief descriptions of places visited, especially their geographical features, and mentions the activities of the crew on board
  • General note

    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. Another negative copy is located at MAV/FM4/748.
    Available for reference.
    Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 83, p. 29.
    Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series microfilm: M605.
    Microfilm copy of originals held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF, England.
    Refer to the National Library of Australia’s AJCP Portal (https://www.nla.gov.au/content/australian-joint-copying-project) for information on Australian Joint Copying Project reels digitised in 2019/34
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