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PROVIDENCE: Log kept by Matthew Flinders, midshipman. Surveying Pacific, New Zealand,...
Catalogue reference: ADM 55/98
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This record is about the PROVIDENCE: Log kept by Matthew Flinders, midshipman. Surveying Pacific, New Zealand,... dating from 1792 Nov 21-1793 Feb 10 in the series Admiralty: Supplementary Logs and Journals of Ships on Exploration. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1792 Nov 21-1793 Feb 10
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- PROVIDENCE: Log kept by Matthew Flinders, midshipman. Surveying Pacific, New Zealand, New Guinea
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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ADM 55
Admiralty: Supplementary Logs and Journals of Ships on Exploration
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