COOK’S VOYAGES
(From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, March 1. An interesting addition to the manuscript department of the British Museum is the volume of memoirs written by John Elliott, of Elliott House. This has been presented by Mrs Ashmore. Elliott served as a midshipman in the Resolution during Cook’s voyage of 1772-75, and the memoir supplements his log of the voyage, which is in the Public Record Office. Much of it is amusing for its personal detail. Thus there is an account of Sir Joseph Banks, withdrawing from the 1 voyage together with the painter Zoffany, and swearing and stamping on the quay.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21621, 16 April 1932, Page 17
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103COOK’S VOYAGES Otago Daily Times, Issue 21621, 16 April 1932, Page 17
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