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ORDER THIS PIECE AS MPI 1/81. 1 item (illustrating the log of HMS Resolution, Captain...
Catalogue reference: MPI 1/82
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- MPI 1/82
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1778
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ORDER THIS PIECE AS MPI 1/81. 1 item (illustrating the log of HMS Resolution, Captain James Cook, May-June 1778) extracted from ADM 55/120. North America. Chart of part of the north west coast (now in Alaska), from Hinchingbrook Island at the entrance to Sandwich Sound (now Prince William Sound) to the western shores of the Gulf of Good Hope (now Cook Inlet), showing place names, soundings, high land in relief and the track of HMS Resolution 12 May to 6 June 1778. Scale: 1 inch to 17.5 miles. Compass star. Drawn by Henry Roberts.
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MPI 1/81 - MPI 1/82 are in a single portfolio
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Public Record(s)
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- English
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- 43.5 cm x 50.5 cm
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 2. America and West Indies, ed P A Penfold (London, 1974), entry 2150
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