'Observationes deTaheite, &c'

This material is held atSchool of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) Archives, University of London

Scope and Content

'Names and descriptions of persons and places, with other memoranda, made by Sir Joseph Banks at Taheite, etc., when visited in [James] Cook's first voyage (1769)'

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

A selection of William Marsden's manuscript collection was transferred from King's College London to SOAS shortly after the School's foundation in 1916.

Conditions Governing Use

For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance

Custodial History

Formerly part of the library of the Orientalist and linguist William Marsden (1754-1836), a portion of which he presented to King's College London in 1835.

Related Material

SOAS Library also holds other manuscripts compiled by Banks: 'Vocabularies of the languages of Tahiti, Prince's Island, Sulu, Samarang, New Holland, New Zealand, and Savu' [MS 12153] and 'Vocabularies of languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, Savu, Prince's Island, Samarang, Sulu, Madagascar, the Mandingos, the Eskimos, Malabar, and Peru' [MS 12156]

Geographical Names

Oceania