Paper, 'Observations made at King George Island, in the South Seas' by Charles Green and James Cook

Reference number: L&P/5/257

Date: 1771

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Subject: Astronomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'Observations made, by appointment of the Royal Society, at King George's Island in the South Sea'

Read 21 November 1771

Reference number: L&P/5/257
Earliest possible date: 1771
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 19 pages
Format: Manuscript

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James Cook

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James Cook, Paper, 'Observations made at King George Island, in the South Seas' by Charles Green and James Cook, 1771, L&P/5/257, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_257/paper-observations-made-at-king-george-island-in-the-south-seas-by-charles-green-and-james-cook, accessed on 16 August 2026

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XLIII. Observations made, by appointment of the Royal Society, at King George's Island in the South Sea External link, opens in new tab.

Date: 31st December 1771

DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1771.0044

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Letters and Papers of a scientific nature submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1741-1806 Reference number: L&P
Decade 5 of scientific letters and papers submitted for publication by the Royal Society
1768-1772 Reference number: L&P/5

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