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432812
  • Title
    British Library, London - Robert Molineaux - Log of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1766-1768
  • Creator
  • Call number
    M 2013
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    432812
  • Issue Copy
    Microfilm : M 2013
  • Physical Description
    microfilm reel 35 mm
  • ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

    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
  • Scope and Content
    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
  • General note

    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.
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