John Walter Forsyth papers and card indexes, ca. 1948-1963

MLMSS 979/Boxes 1-39
MLMSS 979/Item 40X

fonds

ca. 1948-1963

Textual Records, Cartographic Materials

423035

Microfilm : MAV/FM4/2227 (Prints at MLMSS 979/28); MAV/FM4/2228 (Prints at MLMSS 979/25); MAV/FM3/674-675, 678, 700
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/662 (MLMSS 979/19)
Microfilm : MAV/FM3/671 and MAV/FM3/699 (MLMSS 979/21)
Microfilm : MAV/FM4/ 2226 (MLMSS 979/23)

39 boxes and 1 outsize item of textual material

Solicitor by profession, an amateur historian and Trustee of the Public Library of New South Wales. He was mainly interested in early voyages in the Pacific and the history of the cartography of the Australian region

Collection consists of research material and indexes to it (22 boxes) and of manuscript notes or photocopies of documents, notes, correspondence etc. These are principally concerned with early navigators, their ships, the Dutch East India Company, maps, the early history of Sydney, maps, Arab navigation. Mention is made of Prof. Manning Clark, Prof. Ernest Scott and Prof. G.A. Wood. Correspondence (2 boxes) includes letters received and copies by Forsyth to institutions and individuals

Series 01: Sources
Boxes 1-18
a. Research material, references, quotations from documents and books, culled from documents etc. on early navigation
Boxes 19-22
b. Indexes to the above

Series 02: Notes and projects
Boxes 23-36
These contain photocopies of orginal documents, manuscript notes, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and magazine articles. Include photocopies or manuscript copies of the following documents:
Log of the ship alliance kept by Richard Dales, letter from Bastian Gijsbert, documents relating to the ships Eendracht, Vergulde Draek and Vergulde Zeelvinck, willem Vlamingh, Willem Reyersens, ships Chambers, Sampson and Charles? letters from John Brooke, journal of Jacob Hughes on the ship Roebuck, log of the ship Defence, W. Heath commander, diary of R. Madox, documents relating to William Dampier by D. Waser, documents relating to Sir Francis Drake, journal of Richard Maples, log of the ship Royal Exchange, documents relating to the ships St George and Fame, Glatton, Stafford, L. Holland, Earl of Mansfield and Pigotvoyage to Siam by Duquesne-Guitton, documents relating to Surville, Luis V. de torres, Pedro F. de Quiros, Saavedra-Ceron and Ronquillo

Also includes manuscript notes etc. on Jan Cartensz, Adriaan Dortsman, Jan J. Zeeuw, Jan Stiejns, Abraham Leeman, William Jansz, Francisco Pelsaert, Jacob Pietersz, Abel Tasman, Antonio Van Diemen, Jean Velden, Willem Vlamingh, D. Pieters de Vries, Nicolass C. Witsen, John Brooke, James Cook, William Dampier,Sir Francis Drake, Louis A. Bougainville, Julien Crozet, Francisque D'Albaigne, Duquesne Guitton, Louis Latouche-Treville, J. F. Surville, Juan Baptista Alvana, FErdinand Magellan, Pedro F. de Quiros, Luis V. de Torres, Alvaro de Saavedra-Ceron, Don Andres Davillam Don Antonio Saravia, Juan Elcano, Hernande de GRijalva, inigo de Retes, and Gonzalo Ronquillo

Also includes manuscript notes etc. on the ships Duyfken, Eendracht, Good Hoop, Grootenboek, Gulden Zeepaert, Hellevoetsluyts, Zuytdorp, Wackende, Boeij, Leeuwin, Batavia, Landskroon, Vergulde Draek, Vligende Swaen, Royal Exchange, Le Gros Venture, La Fortune, Saint Jean Baptiste, Vianen and La Mouche

Also, manuscript etc, on the Dutch East India Company, Dutch sailing instructions, Arab navigation, Dieppe maps, Tasman maps, the Solomon islands, discovery of Australia, and New Guinea, Cook's debt to Torres, reasons for the settlement of Australia, early history of Sydney , Professor Manning Clark, Professor Ernest Scott and Professor Wood

Series 03: Correspondence, ca. 1948-1963
Boxes 37-38
Includes letters received and copies of letters by J. W. Forsyth to institutions and individuals
Box 39 and Item 40X
Maps

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (2-79B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Available for reference
Microfilm held: MAV/FM4/2227, MAV/FM4/2229; MAV/FM3/674-675, 678, 700
Detailed contents list in Mitchell Library 15 pages
Keyword subjects:
Pacific Ocean -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch
MLDOC 1044 transferred from MLMSS 979