Guide to the Journal of Captain James Cook (as filmed by AJCP)

Collection Summary

Creator

Cook, James, Captain, 1728-1779

Title

Journal of Captain James Cook (as filmed by the AJCP)

Date Range

9 April 1772 - 19 July 1775

Collection Number

M722

Extent

2 items

Language of Materials

English

Repository

Australian Joint Copying Project

Sponsor

The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) Online Portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Copy of Journal of Captain James Cook kept on HMS Resolution on his second voyage to the Pacific, 9 April 1772 – 19 July 1775, in two folio volumes (416 and 558 pages).

The inscription on the title page reads "A Journal of the proceedings of His Majesty's sloop the Resolution in a voyage on Discoveries towards the South Pole and round the World by Captain James Cook 1772, 3, 4, and 5.

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 owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February-23 September 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

The journal was part of the collection of Dr Jasper Robert Joly (1819-1892), the vicar of Tuam, and was presented to the Royal Dublin Society in 1863. His collection formed part of the foundation collections of the National Library of Ireland in 1877.

Filmed at the National Library of Ireland, Dublin, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1969 (AJCP Reel: M722). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

The National Library of Ireland, Kildare Street, Dublin. Collection Reference: MSJ 7 (Vol 1) and MSJ8 (Vol 2). For further information see, Captain James Cook at the National Library of Ireland [http://catalogue.nli.ie/]

The manuscript in the National Library of Ireland closely resembles the journal in the National Maritime Museum, London. It appears to be in the hand of Alexander Dewar, the clerk on HMS Adventure.

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn333767] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Related Materials

Cook's holograph journals of his second voyage to the Pacific are held in the British Library (Add MSS 27886, 27888). They have been filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project Reel: M1580 (https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2257885). Other versions of the journal, written by William Dawson, the clerk on HMS Resolution, are in The National Archives of the UK and the National Maritime Museum (UK).

Finding Aid Note

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Adventure, HMS; Antarctica; Cook, James, Capt.; Exploration: maritime; Naval officers; Pacific Ocean; Resolution,HMS; Royal Navy: exploration and surveys; Royal Navy: voyages

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 111, p40.