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International loans to the National Library of Australia’s exhibition Cook and the Pacific

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Object

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Ship plan for HMB Endeavour

Deptford Dockyard, London, England July 1768

ink on paper (single sheet)

ZAZ6593 406 x 476 mm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

Ship Plans, Admiralty Collection. On deposit from The National Archives (UK).

United Kingdom.

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Ship plan for HMB Endeavour

Navy Office April 1768

ink on paper (single sheet)

ZAZ7844 360 x 1005 mm

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.

Ship Plans, Admiralty Collection. On deposit from The National Archives (UK).

United Kingdom.

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A plan of York-Harbour on the coast of Labradore survey’d by order of his Excellency Thos Graves Esqr Governor of Newfound-land &c. &c &c.

James Cook 1763

single manuscript map

Add MS 31360, f.24r

70 x 101 mm

British Library, London.

Transferred from the British Museum’s Department of Printed Books (Section of Maps). Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Canada.

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Cook’s holograph journal, second Pacific voyage 28 November 1771–10 November 1774

James Cook 28 November 1771–10 November 1774

bound manuscript volume

Add MS 27886

120 x 500 x 340 mm


Manuscript Department of the British Museum. Purchased of Messrs Boone, 13 May 1868 (Sale at Puttick’s [& Simpson] 11 March. Lots 644, 645). Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Kept on Cook’s second Pacific voyage.

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Original drawings by Cook of Pigeon House and other names/places.

Charles Praval c.1770

single sheet Add MS 7085, f.36 b, c, e

540 x 620 mm


Purchased in January 1827 from Thomas Bulgin, print-seller of Temple Bar. Previous history unknown. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

East coast of Australia.

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Australian Aboriginal people in bark canoes April 1770

Tupaia (c. 1725-1770) 1770

single sheet Add MS 15508, f.10

263 x 362 mm


In Joseph Banks’s library until transferred to the British Museum in 1827. In 1832, the drawings were sent to the Print Room and on 5.4.1845 from the Print Room to the Department of Manuscripts. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Botany Bay, Sydney. Tupaia, c. 1725-1770, Polynesian navigator

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Sketchbook Sydney Parkinson 1768 -1770

bound sketchbook

Add MS 9345

180 x 690 x 260 mm


Sir Joseph Banks bequeathed his library at his death (in 1820), to the botanist Robert Brown (1773-1858), with reversion to the British Museum. Brown arranged for the transfer of the library and specimens to the British Museum in 1827. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Various places: kept on the Endeavour voyage.



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Portrait of an Australian Aboriginal person

Charles Praval 1770 - 1771


Sheet: 326 x 268 mm


In Joseph Banks’s library until transferred to the British Museum in 1827. In 1832, the drawings were sent to the Print Room and on 5.4.1845 from the Print Room to the Department of Manuscripts.

Northern Australia?

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Five spears and a shield from New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea

John Frederick Miller 1771


206 x 165 mm


In Joseph Banks’s library until transferred to the British Museum in 1827. In 1832, the drawings were sent to the Print Room, remaining there until transferred to the Department of Manuscripts on 20 July 1860. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

United Kingdom. Drawn in England of objects collected on the Endeavour voyage (New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea).

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Official log of the Endeavour

1768-1771


Add MS 8959

260 x 540 x 390 mm


Left to the British Museum by Sir Joseph Banks on his death. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Kept on the Endeavour voyage.



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Fragment of the log-book of Cook, third Pacific voyage, autograph 7 - 17 January, 1779

James Cook 1779


Egerton MS 2177B

210 x 680 x 500 mm


British Museum Department of Manuscripts. May have similar custodial history of Egerton MS 2177 A. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

Kept on Cook’s third Pacific voyage.

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Memoirs of the early life of John Elliott

John Elliott early 19th C


Add MS 42714

230 x 400 x 450 mm


Mrs R. G. Ashmore, of London: Presented to the British Museum in 1932. Became part of the British Library in 1973.

United Kingdom.

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Holograph journal, third Pacific voyage 10 February 1776–6 January 1779

James Cook 10 February 1776 – 6 January 1779


Egerton MS 2177A

120 x 450 x 260 mm


British Museum Department of Manuscripts. On the flyleaf of the journal is written the note, ‘Purchased of Douglas Esq. 13 July, 1872’. Became part of the British Library in 1973.


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Journal of David Samwell, Surgeon of the Discovery

David Samwell 1776-1779


Egerton MS 2591

140 x 430 x 250 mm


Belonged to Matthew Gregson (1749-1824), Liverpool upholsterer. Purchased by the British Museum at Sotheby’s 9 December, 1881. Became part of the British Library in 1973.




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First Draft of an answer to Banks’ letter of 30 May 1772, Sandwich Papers

Lord Sandwich 1772

single manuscript leaf

WHICC: 174.36.6/1

310 x 197mm

Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby.

Purchased Sotheby’s 23.7.1985, lot 530, in sale of papers of the Sandwich family.

United Kingdom.

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Autograph letter from James Cook to Captain William Hammond, on the Resolution at Madeira, 1 August 1772

James Cook 1 August 1772


WHICC: 185.1

323 x 480 mm


Purchased Sotheby’s 19.7.1990.

Written at sea.

17.

Contemporary plan of the Resolution,

c. 1772


WHICC:139 1070 x 373 mm

Mulgrave Archives, Lent by The Marquis of Normanby.

By descent, in the family archives.

United Kingdom.

18.

Autograph minute of George III to Lord Sandwich, Windsor Castle, 11 January 1780, 9.59pm, Sandwich Papers

George III 1780


WHICC: 174.541

230 x 187 mm



United Kingdom.



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An autograph letter from Mrs Cook to Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1781, Mile End, 13th June 1781, Sandwich Papers

Elizabeth Cook 13 June 1781


WHICC: 174.545

231 x 187 mm


Purchased Sotheby’s 23.7.1985, lot 545, in sale of papers of Sandwich family.

United Kingdom.

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Autograph letter from Lord Sandwich to Sir Joseph Banks from Hinchingbrooke 19 August 1775

Lord Sandwich (John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich) 19 August 1775


WHICC:110 235 x 188 mm

The Mulgrave Archives, Lent by the Marquis of Normanby.

By descent, in family archives.

United Kingdom.

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‘An account of a voyage round the world in the years 1772—1775’: Original manuscript submitted by Johann Reinhold Forster to Lord Sandwich for his approval, Sandwich Papers

Johann Reinhold Forster 1772 - 1775


WHICC: 174.36.29A

235 x 183 mm



United Kingdom.



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22.

A chart of the North East cost of New Zealand from Mercury Bay to Bay of Islands

Richard Pickersgill 1 Jan 1769 - Dec 31 1769 (estimate)


ADM 352/671

496 x 613 mm

The National Archives (UK).

United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Historic Archive at Taunton; transferred to The National Archives commencing 2005.

New Zealand. United Kingdom.

23.

Resolution log Joseph Gilbert 1772-3


ADM 55/107 335 x 220 x 55 mm


Admiralty then transferred to the Public Record Office after 1904.

Created on Cook’s second Pacific voyage.

24.

Journal Richard Pickersgill 7 October 1769 to 20 August 1770


ADM 51/4547

332 x 220 x 28 mm


Admiralty then transferred to the Public Record Office after 1904.

Created on the Endeavour voyage.

25.

Australia, Botany Bay: 'A Plan of Stingray Bay on the E Coast of New Holland'.

Richard Pickersgill 1770


ADM 352/383 (former ref: 541/5 Australia folio 1)

391 x 301 mm


United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Historic Archive at Taunton; transferred to The National Archives commencing 2005.

Botany Bay, New South Wales.

26.

Australia, Cape Flattery vicinity: 'A Plan of the

Richard Pickersgill


ADM 352/381 (former ref:

496 x 613 mm


United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Historic Archive

Cooktown, North Queensland



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River on the East coast of New Holland where HM Bark Endeavour repaired her Bottom After running on a reef of Rocks where she lay 24 hours'.

1770

541/3 Shelf xo)

at Taunton; transferred to The National Archives commencing 2005.

27.

Endeavour Journal handed in to the Admiralty at the end of the voyage

Richard Orton after James Cook 1771


ADM55/40 330 x 215 x 40 mm (closed)


Admiralty; transferred to the Public Record Office after 1904.

Created on the Endeavour voyage.

28.

Endeavour Muster Book

1768-1772


ADM 36/8569

400 x 270 x 75 mm (closed)


Admiralty then Public Record Office.

Created on the Endeavour voyage, and used afterwards.

29.

Chart of the southern hemisphere, showing the track of HMS Resolution.

James Cook, William Hodges, Henry Roberts 1775


ADM 55/108 f.1b

703 x 557 mm


Transferred to the Public Record Office after 1904.

Created on Cook’s second Pacific voyage.



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30.

Log Charles Clerke 14 Feb to 26 July 1779


ADM 55/124 410 x 525 mm (closed)


Transferred to the Public Record Office after 1904.

Various places. Kept on Cook’s third Pacific voyage.

31.

United States: A Sketch of Kara’ka’hooah [Kealakekua] Bay in the Island of Hawhy’hee [Hawaii] / Shows coastline, hydrography, topography, anchoroages, vegetation, settlements and remarks.

Edward Riou 1779


ADM 352/343

312 x 273 mm


United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) Historic Archive at Taunton, transferred to The National Archives commencing 2005.

Hawaii, United States of America.

32.

Finished pencil drawing of Urolophus testaceus

Herman Diedrich Spöring (?1733-1771) 1770

single leaf Drawing no. 50

526 x 367 mm

Natural History Museum, London.

Joseph Banks; Robert Brown; British Museum; Natural History Museum.

Botany Bay.

33.

Unfinished pencil sketch of Chelonia mydas, green turtle

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) 1770

single leaf Drawing no. 43

270 x 373 mm






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34.

Original sketch with colour reference of Grevillea pteridifolia

Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) 1770

single leaf Cat no. A7/317

544 x 367 mm




35.

Copperplate engraving of Grevillea pteridifolia

Gerald Sibelius, engraver, after Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) c.1773-1784

engraved copperplate

Cat no. A7/317

466 x 320 mm



United Kingdom.

36.

Finished watercolour of Grevillea pteridifolia

John Frederick Miller (1759-1796), artist, after Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) 1773

single leaf Cat no. A7/317

534 x 350 mm



United Kingdom.

37.

Marine chronometer

John Arnold 1771

object (either Ref No. T/002 or Ref No. T/003)

84 x 145 x 145 mm

Royal Society, London.

Commissioned by the Royal Society.

United Kingdom.



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38.

Certificate recommending the election of James Cook as a Fellow of the Royal Society

1775-1776

manuscript EC/1775/27 322 x 217 mm

Royal Society, London.

Created by the Royal Society.

United Kingdom.

39.

Drums Otaheite. Idols Sandwich Isles. Paddles. Altar.

Attributed to Philippe Jacques de Loutherbour

g (1740-

1812) after John Webber. 1776 – 1779

watercolour on sheet

Ref: B-091-009

305 x 190 mm

Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand

Probably collection of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull (1868-1918).

Created in the United Kingdom of objects relating to French Polynesia. Hawaii.

40.

Pahoa (dagger) of swordfish reputed to be the one which killed Cook.

c. 1770s

dagger (swordfish)

1977.206.013 Hooper Collection

769 x 64 x 25 mm

Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Christie’s Auction: James Hooper Collection, 21 June, 1977. Acquired from Rugby School, 1938. Likely collected by the Bloxham brothers on H.M.S. Blonde, 1825.

Hawaii.



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41.

Partial Chief Mourner's costume

1700s

chest decoration

Registration #: FE000336/1

Overall: (width) 910 x (length) 560 mm

Gift of Lord St Oswald, 1912, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Likely to have been collected during second voyage (1772-1775) and taken to England. Thought to have been given by Joseph Banks to William Bullock. Purchased at the sale of Bullock’s Museum in 1819 by Charles Winn and donated by his grandson, Lord St Oswald, to the New Zealand government in 1912.

Society Islands.

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Ta (tattooing implement)

1700s

object FE003010 Overall: (width) 40 x (length) 190 mm

Gift of The Imperial Institute, 1955, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

May have been collected by English explorer Captain James Cook during his voyages into the Pacific in the late eighteenth century. It is known to have been in the possession of Queen Victoria and to have been given to the Imperial Institute in London, England, by Edward VII. In 1955, it was gifted to the Dominion Museum (Te Papa's predecessor) as part of an important collection of artefacts from the Imperial Institute.

Society Islands.



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Tattooing Mallet

1700s

object FE003009 Overall: 40mm (width), 473mm (length)

Gift of The Imperial Institute, 1955, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

May have been collected by Captain James Cook during his voyages into the Pacific in the late eighteenth century. It is known to have been in the possession of Queen Victoria and to have been given to the Imperial Institute in London, England, by Edward VII. In 1955, it was gifted to the Dominion Museum (Te Papa's predecessor) from the Imperial Institute.

Society Islands.

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Wahaika (striking weapon)

1700-1769

object ME011377 Overall: (width) 120 x (length) 380 x (depth) 27 mm, 504.2g (weight)

Bequest of Kenneth Athol Webster, 1971, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Collected by Sir Joseph Banks on Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. It is most likely from the Cook Strait area. Bequeathed by Banks to Robert Brown in 1820; in 1827 transferred by Brown to the British Museum. Later became part of Kenneth A. Webster's collection, most of which was purchased by the New Zealand Government for the National Museum in 1958.

Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand.



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