'Observationes deTaheite, &c'

'Names and descriptions of persons and places, with other memoranda, made by Sir Joseph Banks at Taheite, etc., when visited in [James] Cook's first voyage (1769)'


Order number: MS 12892
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Order: MS 12892
Date(s) of creation: 1769
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: MS 12892
Order number: MS 12892
Summary: 'Names and descriptions of persons and places, with other memoranda, made by Sir Joseph Banks at Taheite, etc., when visited in [James] Cook's first voyage (1769)'
Main author: Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist
Extent: 1 volume
URL: http://digital.soas.ac.uk/LOAA000110/00001/citation
URL Description: Digital version available online at SOAS Digital Collections
Custodial history: Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.
Acquisition: A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.
Access status: Open
User restrictions: For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance
Language: English
Tahitian
Related material: SOAS Library also holds other manuscripts compiled by Banks: 'Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu' [MS 12153] and 'Vocabularies of languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, Savu, Prince's Island, Samarang, Sulu, Madagascar, the Mandingos, the Eskimos, Malabar, and Peru' [MS 12156]
Format: Archive           
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/NNAF/P147355 Banks; Sir; Joseph (1743-1820); Baronet; naturalist Person
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
6255151 Oceania