Guide to the Records of the Board of Longitude (as filmed by the AJCP), 1714-1838

Summary

Collection number:

RGO

Creator:

Board of Longitude, Great Britain

Extent:

57 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material at the National Archives of the UK and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Further information on TNA citation guidelines in available at The National Archives of the UK

Availability:

Available

Background

Content Summary:

Papers about the discovery of methods of measuring longitude at sea, notably the work of John Harrison. They also include papers relating to other issues of navigation. There are records, notably logs of scientific observations, relating to some major voyages of discovery, including ones led by Captain James Cook, Captain Matthew Flinders and Captain George Vancover, as well as to the search for the North West Passage.

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) filmed RGO 14, Pieces 1-54.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The Papers of the Board of Longtitude have been fully digitised as part of the Board of Longitude Project and are available online at the Cambridge Digital Library. (https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/longitude)

Existence and Location of Originals:

The records of the Board of Longitude are now held in the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archive located in the Cambridge University Library, they were formerly held by The National Archives of the UK(TNA) where they were filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP).

Series Reference: RGO 14.

For further information see RGO 14 at The National Archives of the UK. (http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C245)

Information on the Series is also available from the Cambridge University Library. (https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/rgo14/1).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the National Archives of the UK. Further advice is available from: The National Archives of the UK. Copyright (http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/legal/copyright/)

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material (The National Archives of the UK) and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Citation of items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material at the National Archives of the UK and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: TNA Series: CO 201/429, New South Wales. Original Correspondence. Despatches May-June 1850 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Further information on TNA citation guidelines in available at The National Archives of the UK

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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