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LOST AND FOUND: THE STORY OF AN ANCHOR (1979)

Item id: DL/9/7

Description: Envelope containing background research, including: i) A Guide to Pitcairn, published for the Government of the Islands of Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno by the British High Commission, Auckland, marked "with the compliments of T. Whin, Whangerei and S. Christian, Pitcairn Island." ii) Ile de Tahiti - District de Tautira: Rectification de la Riviere Vaitepiha, Plan de situation, Papeete, le 13 novembre 1968. iii) Maps: The South Pacific (map 5) and Tahiti, Hawaii and USA (map 6), nd. iv) Souvenir book on Captain Cook, published by The Captain Cook Trust, nd. v) Photocopy of a map detailing Vaitepiha Bay, where Cook dropped his anchor, together with handwritten notes outlining the happenings leading up to the event, nd. vi) Photocopy of chapter 8 of "A voyage round the world with Captain James Cook in H. M. S. Resolution" by Anders Sparrman (Robert Hale Ltd.), nd. vii) Photocopy of chapter 8 of volume one of "A voyage round the world in his Britannic Majesty's sloop: Resolution, commanded by Captain James Cook, during the years: 1772, 3, 4 and 5", by George Forster, F. R. S., nd.