British Library, London - Robert Molineaux - Log of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1766-1768

M 2013

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432812

Microfilm : M 2013

microfilm reel 35 mm

Robert Molineaux (d. 1771) or Molyneaux was master's mate on HMS Dolphin, under the command of Samuel Wallis, on its voyage around the world in 1766-68

The log usually has entries for two days per page and contains hourly entries giving speed, courses, winds, and remarks, with daily entries for course, distance, latitude, longitude, and bearings. The remarks are quite detailed or the passage through the Magellan Straits (Dec. 1766 - Mar. 1767) and the visits to Tahiti (June - July 1767) and Batavia (Dec. 1767). There are charts of Port Praja Bay (St. Jago), Lucipara Shoal, Banca Straits, Pulo Tato and other islands in the East Indies

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 the microfilm master.
Available for reference.
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series: M 2013.
Microfilm copy of originals held by the British Library, London.
Descriptive list available (1p.).
See also B 1357: a negative photostat copy of Molineaux's logbook, 25 July - 6 Oct. 1769, on the Endeavour.