THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Series One: The Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820

Part 1: Correspondence and Papers relating to Voyages of Discovery,

1740-1805, from the British Library, London

CONTENTS OF REELS

REEL 1

Add. MS 8094 Banks Correspondence, 1768-80
Add. MS 8095 Banks Correspondence, 1781-84

REEL 2

Add.MS 8096 Banks Correspondence, 1785-87

REEL 3

Add. MS 8097 Banks Correspondence, 1787-91

REEL 4

Add. MS 8098 Banks Correspondence, 1792-99

REEL 5

Add. MS 8099 Banks Correspondence, 1799-1803
Add. MS 8100 Banks Correspondence, 1803-1819
REEL 6

Add. MS 8967 Banks Papers, mainly geographical
Add. MS 8968 Banks Papers, mainly scientific
Add. MS 33977 Banks Correspondence, 1765-84

REEL 7

Add. MS 33978 Banks Correspondence, 1785-89
Add. MS 33979 Banks Correspondence, 1790-94

REEL 8

Add. MS 33980 Banks Correspondence, 1795-1801
Add. MS 33981 Banks Correspondence, 1802-1809

REEL 9

Add. MS 33982 Banks Correspondence, 1810-21 & n.d.

REEL 10

Add. MS 7085   Endeavour charts etc. - Cook, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71
Add. MS 8945   Falkland Islands/Indian Seas
Add. MSS 8946-47 Tasman Journal, 1642-43 - Dutch version followed by English version prepared for Banks
Add. MS 8951   Resolution log - Clerke, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75

REEL 11

Add. MS 8952-53 Resolution log - Clerke, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 8955   Discovery journal - Lt. Burney, Cook’s 3rd Voyage, 1776-81
Add. MS 8959   Endeavour log - Cook, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71

REEL 12

Add. MS 9345   Endeavour sketches - Buchan, artist, Cook's 1st Voyage, 1768-71
Add. MS 11803 Endeavour maps etc. - Cook, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71
Add. MS 15331 Resolution maps etc. - Cook, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 15499 Dolphin journal - Midshipman Pinnock, Wallis Voyage, 1766-68
Add. MS 15500 Resolution charts - Cook, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 15507 Endeavour sketches - Buchan, artist, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71
Add. MS 15513-14 Resolution drawings - Webber, artist, Cook’s 3rd Voyage, 1776-81
Add. MS 15743 Resolution drawings - Hodges, artist,  Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 15855 Centurion orders & letters - Anson, Anson Voyage, 1740-44

REEL 13

Add. MSS 17542-48 Discovery/Chatham logs & journals - Lt. Puget, Vancouver Voyage, 1791-95

REEL 14

Add. MSS 17549-51 Discovery/Chatham logs & journals - Lt. Puget, Vancouver Voyage, 1791-95
Add. MS 17552   Discovery letters - Vancouver, Vancouver Voyage, 1791-95
Add. MS 21593  Miscellaneous maps and charts relating to the voyages of: Wallis and the Dolphin, 1766-68; Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71 on the Endeavour;
Add. MSS 23920-21 Miscellaneous drawings by Buchan, Miller and Parkinson, artists, during Cook’s 1st, 2nd & 3rd voyages on the Endeavour and Resolution, 1768-81

REEL 15

Add. MS 27885 Endeavour log - Cook, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71
Add. MSS 27886-87 Resolution log & journal - Cook, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75

REEL 16

Add. MS 27888 Resolution account - Cook, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 27889 Miscellaneous materials relating to Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71, on the Endeavour and Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75 on the Resolution
Add. MS 27890 Adventure journal - Furneaux, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 27955 Endeavour log - Cook, Cook’s 1st Voyage, 1768-71

REEL 17

Add. MS 27956 Resolution log - Cook, Cook’s 2nd Voyage, 1772-75
Add. MS 32439 Investigator account - Brown, botanist, Flinders’s Australian Survey, 1800-03 and Brown/Banks Correspondence, 1760-1812

REEL 18

Add Ms 32440 Brown/Banks Correspondence, 1813-25

REEL 19

Add Ms 32441 Brown Correspondence, 1826-58

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