James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779
Export record to excel
File type to download
Item Permalink
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZvVdn
Record title
James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779
Call numbers
Safe 1/64 , Safe 1/79
Record identifier
YRlZvVdn
Record permalink
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZvVdn
Share
James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779
- Original item for use in the Library. Access conditions apply. (You will need a Library card).
James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1776-1779
Call Numbers
Safe 1/64 , Safe 1/79
Record Identifier
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
— Physical Description
Contents
0.02 metres of textual material (2 volumes) - manuscript
Drawings
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Terms of use
Ask a Librarian online or in the reading room.
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Read the transcription here: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2011/D02340/a2281.pdf
Subjects
More information
— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
Burney's account begins on 10 February when the Resolution and Discovery were commissioned for the voyage. He describes the ship's progress, commenting especially on the customs of the native people encountered. The journal ends on 24 August 1779 when the ships were in the harbour of St Peter and Paul, Kamchatka.
The journal includes 2 wat...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
James Burney - Journal on HMS Discovery, 10 Feb. 1776 - 24 Aug. 1779
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
— NOTES
General note
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 178...
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Volumes 1-3 acquired through the NSW Agent General in London in 1922
Voume 4 acquired from Dymock Bookseller, Sydney, in 1921.
Exhibited in
Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
Administrative / Biographical history
James Burney (1750-1821), was the son of composer Charles Burney, and brother of novelist Fanny Burney and the Rev. Charles Burney. He entered the navy in 1764 and sailed with Captain James Cook on his second and third voyages. On the third voyage he was first lieutenant on the Discovery, tranferring to the Resolution on 25 August 1779. He became a...
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
Safe 1/64 , Safe 1/79
Record Identifier
YRlZvVdn
Permalink
https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZvVdn
— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
447299
