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    Solomon Islands 1773

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    Is Part Of Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773. Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. v. 1, facing p. 568. Notes Relief shown by hachures and pictorially.; Shows track of the Swallow.; North oriented to the left.; Includes inset map of Carteret's, Simson's and Gower's islands.Grayscale;1:740,00

    Journal, 1772-1773 [manuscript]

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    Manuscript reference no.: NLA MS 3244.; Guide to collections of manuscripts relating to Australia ; C538.; Available also on microfilm.; Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.ms-ms3244; Sir John Ferguson Collection.; Microfilm held at mfm G 27740. Journal made during Captain Cook's second voyage, from Plymouth to Madeira, and then in search of the southern continent, to New Zealand, Tasmania and the Friendly Islands. Covers the period June 22, 1772 -December 22, 1773. Burney mentions the fate of various crew members, the encountering icebergs in the Southern Indian ocean, the sighting of Van Diemen's Land, the accuracy of Tasman's maps, and describes the music, weapons, social customs etc. of the New Zealanders, Tongans, and Tahitians. The journal contains illustrations of canoes, and Tongan tunes in musical notation

    To the author of Infant baptism dated 1773 [electronic resource].

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    Anonymous. By Mary Gillam.'Infant baptism, defended from Scripture, antiquity, and reason' is attributed to Edward Sheppard and was first printed in Bath in 1773.O copy with MS. note after "To the author of Infant baptism": "Mr. Shepherd at Bath Chappel"Electronic reproduction.English Short Title Catalog,Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford)

    George Washington Letter, January 7, 1773

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    Letter dated 7 January 1773, from George Washington of Mt. Vernon to Rev. Jonathan Boucher (tutor to John Parke Custis, Washington's step-son) regarding Washington's suggestions for where Custis should attend college. It includes the following comments about William and Mary: "...I cannot think William and Mary College a desirable place to send Jack Custis to -- the in-attention of the Masters, added to the number of Hollidays is the subject of general complaint... These considerations, added to a desire of withdrawing the mind of my ward as much as possible from the objects which seem at present to have engrossed too much of his attention...I have, I think, determined to send him to the Philadelphia College, which from the best information I have been able to get...stands equally fair with any other, and being nearer is more agreeable to his mother...

    1773 - 1786

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    1773 - 1786 Schiller und Goethe im Urtheile ihrer Zeitgenossen : Zeitungskritiken, Berichte und Notizen, Schiller und Goethe und deren Werke betreffend, aus den Jahren 1773 - 1812 (-) 1773 - 1786 (Abth. 2, Bd. 1) (1) Cover (1) Title page (6) Titelseite (8) Vorrede (10) Inhaltsverzeichniß (16) 1773 (26) 1774 (53) 1775 (96) 1776 (246) 1777 (370) 1778 (399) 1779 (411) 1780 (420) 1781 (423) 1782 (425) 1783 (430) 1785 (433) Nachtrag 1774 (437) Druckfehler-Verzeichniß (453

    Sir George Cayley's Navigable Balloon

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    Sir George Cayley's article "Practical remarks on aerial navigation" cut from the March 4, 1837 issue of Mechanics' Magazine. Cayley's fourth published article, it contained several ideas which proved to be prophetic for the later development of the airplane. An accompanying illustration of his navigable balloon is pasted on the first page. Two additional illustrations are separated from these pages (see VBI_000408).For more information about this item, visit https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/digital_objects/75

    Australia 1773

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    Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773. Account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London : Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. v. 3, facing p. 589 Notes Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.; North oriented to the right.; Originally published: 'Captain Cook's 1st voyage', London, 1773 ; and 'Account of the voyages'/Hawkesworth, 1773 - Tooley.; Reference: Tooley 327 (p.45).Grayscale;1:2,200,00
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