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[White Island harbour to River St Mary]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: North at 15 degrees. Variation shown 14 degrees W. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Text panels contain sailing directions. Channels
1779
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[White Island harbour to River St Mary]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: North at 15 degrees. Variation shown 14 degrees W. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Text panels contain sailing directions. Channels
1776
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[White Island harbour to River St Mary]. Two sheets. Engraved. Scale: ca. 1:30 000 (lat). Cartographic Note: North at 15 degrees. Variation shown 14 degrees W. Additional Places: Nova Scotia. Contents Note: Text panels contain sailing directions. Channels
1776
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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Geographical details on the terrestrial sphere include monsoons marked in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea. The Chinese Wall is drawn. Australia is drawn according to Cook
Gores produced: 1776; Plates altered: 1779
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Terrestrial and celestial pocket globe. Terrestrial pocket globe. Monsoons are marked in the Indian Ocean and the Chinese Sea. The Chinese Wall is drawn. Australia is drawn according to Cook's discoveries in that Tasmania is still connected to Austra
Gores produced: 1776; Plates altered: 1779
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The Death of General Wolfe. (Updated February 2015) Major-General James Wolfe (1727-59) became the first British 'imperial' hero by his defeat of the French on the 'Heights of Abraham', outside Quebec, on 13 September 1759. Wolfe and t
1 January 1776
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Unnamed 56ft single-masted Sloops (Circa 1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, upper deck, and fore & aft platforms for building two 56ft single-masted Armed Sloops on Lake Champla
30 January 1776
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Medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776. Russian medal commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 1776, in contemporary box. Obverse: Bust of Catherine II facing right. Legend: 'Б
1776
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Hornet (1776). Scale: 1:48. Plan showing external planking (in black ink) and internal planking (in red ink) layout for Hornet (1776), a 14-gun Sloop, as taken off while building. Hornet was launched in March 1776 at Deptford by Messrs Adam & Barnar
3 February 1776
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31ft Gunboat (1776). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing the midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for an 18-oared, 31ft Gunboat with a forward-mounted gun. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1 March 1776
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37ft Gunboat (1776). Scale: 1:24. Plan showing midship section, body plan, inboard profile, and deck plan for a 14-oared, 37ft Gunboat with a forward-mounted gun. Signed by John Williams [Surveyor of the Navy, 1765-1784].
1 March 1776
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Colonel Arnold. Who Commanded the Provincial Troops sent against Quebec, through the Wilderness of Canada, and was Wounded in Storming that City, under General Montgomery. Print
26 Mar 1776
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To the Commanders... this view of the Neptune East Indiaman... in a storm... inscribed by... Henry Parker. Print
2 Apr 1776
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An exact plan of Charles Town bar and harbour. From an actual survey. With the attack of Fort Sullivan, on the 28th of June 1776, by His Majesty's squadron commanded by Sir Peter Parker.. Single sheet. Engraving. Scale: circa 1:35,000 (bar). Scale in
1776
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Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges,comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captai
16 Jul 1776
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Declaration of Independence. The Declaration was drafted by Thomas Jefferson in June 1776, drawing upon ideas developed by European philosophers about individual liberty. The declaration states that “all men are created equal”, before listing
16 July 1776
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Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777.
16 Jul 1776
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Man of Easter Island. This engraving, after drawings by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voy
16 Jul 1776
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Man of the Island of Tanna. This engraving, after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain James Cook
16 Jul 1776
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Possession Bay in the Island of South Georgia. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1
16 Jul 1776
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Possession Bay in the Island of South Georgia. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (17
16 Jul 1776
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Tynai-mai. This engraving, after drawings by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the
16 Jul 1776
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View in the Island of Pines. This engraving, likely after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain Jam
16 Jul 1776
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View in the Island of Tanna. This engraving, after a drawing by artist William Hodges, comes from the official account of Cook's second voyage, 'A Voyage towards the South Pole', published by Strahan and Cadell in 1777. Captain James Cook
16 Jul 1776
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'Medea' (1778); 'Crescent' (1779). Scale: 1:48. A plan showing the framing profile (disposition) for 'Medea' (1778) and 'Crescent' (1779), both 28-gun Sixth Rate Frigates building at Bristol by Mr Hilhouse. Signe
24 July 1776
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. There are three variants of this chart in the collection.
1777
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. (Previously numbered 152.) This variant has only the view, without the reference
1777
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. Imprint April 2, 1778. Title added: The Phoenix and the Rose engaged by the enem
1778
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[References to the sketch of operations at New York (HNS 149) with a view of the engagement on the Hudson river on 16 August 1776.]. Two plates on a single sheet. Engraved. Lacks imprint. View in aquatint. Printed on Bates paper, view coloured. Page num
1777
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Commodore Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the American Fleet. Print
22 Aug 1776
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Daphne (1776). Scale: 1:96. Plan showing the quarterdeck, forecastle, upper deck, lower deck and fore & aft platforms for Daphne (1776), a 20-gun Sixth Rate Sloop, as fitted at Woolwich Dockyard. The plan includes a table of the mast and yard dimens
10 October 1776
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A plan of the operations of the King's army under the command of General Sr William Howe KB in New York and east New Jersey,against the American forces commanded by General Washington, from the 12th of October to the 28th of November 1776. Wherein is
1777
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The Seat of Action between the British and American Forces or An Authentic Plan of the Western Part of Long Island with the engagement of the 27th August 1776. Print.
22 Oct 1776
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51ft Well Boat (1777). Scale: 1:38.4. A plan showing the body plan, sheer lines with some inboard detail, longitudinal half-breadth, and deck plan for a proposed single-masted fifty-one foot well boat (1777). A copy was sent to Plymouth Dockyard in 1777 f
30 October 1776
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John Bird of London, who furnished the Chief Observatories of the World.... Print
2 Dec 1776
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James Ferguson, astronomer, 1710-1776. Print
7 Dec 1776
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A Description of the Engagement on Lake Champlain. Text in English below image.
23 Dec 1776
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