Admiralty and Secretariat. Log books, etc. Supplementary Logs and Journals of Ships on Exploration, 1757-1861

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Series ADM 55

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98 items

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Logbooks (navigational records) and journals (narrative accounts) of naval officers of ships engaged in exploration and surveying, which were regularly used by the Hydrographic Office. They include a few logs supplied by merchant ships. Most were kept by naval captains, masters, lieutenants and masters mates but some by a boatswain or an assistant surgeon. Notable officers contributing logs include: James Cook, William Bligh and Matthew Flinders.

Logbooks and journals of ships of voyages to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region were filmed in their entirety by the Australian Joint Copying Project with the exception of pieces 80, 129, 148, and 150, from which selected extracts only have been filmed.

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