Navigation notes relating to James Cook [manuscript]. 1760-1770.

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Navigation notes relating to James Cook [manuscript]. 1760-1770.

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Description of Trinidad Habour, with sketch maps, by John Kidd, who took it from the journal of a Dutch East India Company ship, 1760. This is enclosed in a letter to the Earl of Sandwich from [Proby] who suggests it "may [be] of use to Capn Cook ...". Contemporary manuscript copy, 4 p. folio. Also a slip of paper containing navigational details for 25 Jan. 1770, signed Alexander Hood.

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Kidd, John G. (John Graydon), 1908-

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John Kidd was a Philadelphia merchant and shipper. From the description of Letterbook, 1749-1763. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122316666 ...

Hood, Alexander Nelson, Duke of Bronte, 1854-1937

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Epithet: Duke of Bronte Title: 1st Viscount Bridport 1868 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001240.0x0002d8 ...

Cook, James, 1728-1779

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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoveries, ...