Papers of Nevil Maskelyne, 1771-1809. 1771-1809.

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Papers of Nevil Maskelyne, 1771-1809. 1771-1809.

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Photocopies of papers relating to Nevil Maskelyne held in the Royal Greenwich Observatory Archive. RGO 4: includes lists of latitudes and longitudes of places in the East Indies, 1798-1807; letter from Baron de Zach relating to new discoveries between New Holland and Van Diemen's Land, 1802; observations of John Crosley made on the "Investigator", 1801-1803; diary of tasks sent to Crosley on behalf of the Nautical Almanac Office, 1791-1809; accounts by William Bligh of his observations of a solar eclipse and comet, Sydney, 1807; miscellaneous correspondence relating to scientific voyages of the "Investigator" and "Dolphin". RGO 35 (photocopies of material held in other archives): including letters from Maskelyne to Sir Joseph Banks, 1786 regarding instruments for astronomical observations and introducing a Mr Dawes; Board of Longitude papers concerned with the naming and charting of Australia, 1798-1800.

3 cm. (1 folio)

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