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826918
  • Title
    Photographic prints of selected drawings relating to Cook's first voyage held in the British Museum, together with descriptive lists supplied by J. D. Hine and P. Mander Jones, 1954-1959
  • Call number
    PXB 1489
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    1954-1959
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    826918
  • Physical Description
    3 boxes (172 photographs and 6 typescript lists) - various sizes - black and white
  • Scope and Content
    BOX 1
    Contents lists (2) to volumes of illustrations to Cook's First Voyage in the British Museum / prepared by J. D. Hine 1954-1955

    BOX 2
    Prints of 54 selected drawings from B.M. [i.e. British Museum] Add MSS. 9345, 15508, 23920 - 23921 relating to Cook's first voyage; with descriptive list supplied by J. D. Hine, 1957

    BOX 3
    Descriptive lists (3) supplied by J. D. Hine (1957), and P. Mander Jones (1957 and 1959).

    Prints of 66 selected drawings from 18 vols. of Botanical drawings relating to Cook's first voyage, in the British Museum (Natural History).
    The prints are numbered 1-61 (old series) and New Series 1, 4-7.

    Prints of 41 selected drawings from 3 vols. of Zoological drawings relating to Cook's first voyage, in the British Museum (Natural History)
    The prints are numbered 1-31 (old series) and New Series 1-9.

    Photographic copies of portraits of Sir Joseph Banks; shadows of Banks and Solander; wooden specimen chests; painting of a dingo; portrait of Sydney Parkinson; and Solander medallion by Wedgwood
  • Copying Conditions
    Approval for reproduction required
  • Published Information
    For a description of the volumes see:¶The journals of Captain James Cook on his voyages of discovery edited by J. C. Beaglehole
  • Description source

    Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
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