Board of Longitude, 1714-1838

Component identifier:: Series RGO 14 (pieces 1-54)
Extent:: 57 items
Content Summary:: Papers selected by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) for filming include: accounts of meetings of the Board of Longitude at which arrangements were made for sending out astronomers with Captain Cook's expeditions to South Seas; Log books of Adventure and Resolution contain astronomical observations and charts made by Wales and Bayly, whose instruments are listed in pieces 5 and 6, and astronomical observations made by Cook, in 1776 and other astronomers on voyages of exploration, 1791-1802.

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Parent Restrictions:: Available for Access.
Parent Terms of Access:: 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/)

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia