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Charles L'ainé's logbook

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Description: Concerns operations in the West Indies as well as Yorktown, Va. Contains watercolor drawings of a ship, an armillary sphere, and points of the compass. The journal has sometimes been identified by a title page on the first page of the text, "Receuil Contanans les Campagnes..." Covers the period from January 1781 to August, 18, 1782. Text in French.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1781, January-1782, August 18.
Call number: mssHM 551
Creator: L'ainé, Charles (active 1781-1782)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In library.
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Mappe Monde Carte Universelle de la Terre Dresée Sur les Nouvelles Observations de Mrs. de l'Académie Royale des Sciences

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Isaac Wilde diary

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mssHM 68425

Portolan atlas, Italian : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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ff. 1-14v. [Francesco Ghisolfi] Latin. Contains 11 maps, etc.: 1, Blank except for decorated border and "Phillipps MS 22796" inscribed in center; 2, Western Mediterranean; 3, Table of declinations and armillary sphere; 4, the 2 hemispheres (showing western America linked to Asia); 5, Oval map of the world; 6, Planisphere with signs of zodiac and figures representing seasons; 7, Indian Ocean, Africa, Arabia, India, and part of Asia; 8, Central Mediterranean and Italy; 9, Pacific Ocean with portions of North and South America, East Indies, part of China; 10, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; 11, Western Mediterranean, Iberian peninsula, Northwest Africa; 12, Eastern coast of North America, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Europe (including Scandinavia), Africa, Near East; 13, World in 5 gores (decorated at top and bottom with signs of the zodiac and other figures); 14, Black Sea.

mssHM 28

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López De Haro's logbook

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This extremely important logbook records the historic voyage of Lopez de Haro in the 'San Carlos' which accompanied Captain Estevan Jose Martinez' frigate, the 'Princesa' on its expedition of discovery to the north Californian coast. The manuscript describes the daily events and observations from the San Carlos from the 8th March 1788 when the Expedition left San Blas, to 22nd October, 1788, when they regained that port. In many of his notes, Lopez de Haro mentions that he was obliged to abandon the Spanish chart which he carried and refer to that of Cook, which he found a better guide, more especially in the region of Prince William port and Montague Island, which they reached on the 27th May. Text in Spanish.

mssHM 146

Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1540

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World atlas containing 11 nautical charts, table of declinations, etc.: 1. f. 2v: Table of declinations 2. f. 3: Armillary sphere 3. ff. 3v-4: Zodiac 4. ff. 4v-5: Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies 5. ff. 5v-6: Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa 6. ff. 6v-7: Indian Ocean, Africa, and southern Asia 7. ff. 7v-8: British Isles and central Europe 8. ff. 8v-9: Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa 9. ff. 9v-10: Western Mediterranean 10. ff. 10v-11: Central Mediterranean and Italy 11. ff. 11v-12: Eastern Mediterranean area and Aegean Sea 12. ff. 12v-13: Black Sea 13. ff. 13v-14: Oval map of the world (showing 2 routes: from Spain to Peru, and around the world via the Moluccas) 14. ff. 14v-15: Atlantic hemisphere with Antarctic continent (incomplete)

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Charles L'ainé's logbook

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