Full title: James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779

Author/creator: Webber, John, 1752-1793, Burney, James, 1750-1821.

Date: 1776-1779.

Call Numbers: Safe 1/64, Safe 1/79

Record Identifier: YRlZvVdn

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Formats: Manuscripts, Pictures, Drawings

Contents: 0.02 metres of textual material (2 volumes) - manuscript, Drawings

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Notes: This journal is a copy made by Burney, probably from his journal which is held in the British Library (BM Add. MS 8955; a microfilm copy is held in the Mitchell Library at M 1565). The title page of the second volume is signed 'Jas. Burney / Latona', suggesting that he may have made the copy while in temporary command of the frigate 'Latona' in 1781-1782 Reference: 'The Journals of Captain James Cook...Resolution and Discovery', edited by J.C. Beaglehole, part 1. Short extracts from the journal can be found in 'The Journals of Captain James Cook...Resolution and Discovery', edited by J.C. Beaglehole (pub. 1967), and in 'My Friend the Admiral: the life, letters, and journals of Rear-Admiral James Burney, F.R.S, the companion of Captain Cook and friend of Charles Lamb', by G.E. Manwaring, London, 1931. Burney's journal of the second voyage, held at the National Library of Australia, has been published as: 'With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: the private journal of James Burney, second lieutenant on the "Adventure" on Cook's second voyage, 1772-1773', edited by Beverley Hooper, 1975. Photocopy - CY Safe 1/64 & CY Safe 1/79 (Ref. 1, open access): Xerox copies made from microfilm of the original volumes. Microfilm available at CY 217 (Safe 1/64) and CY 218 (Safe 1/79). Digital order no:Album ID : 846130

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