Letter, 'An account of the flowing of tides in the South Sea, observed from the bark Endeavour' from James Cook to Nevil Maskelyne
Reference number: L&P/5/301
Date: 05 February 1772
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Subject: Navigation
Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of the flowing of the tides in the south sea, as observed on board His Majesty's Bark the Endeavour, by Lieut. J. Cook, commander, in a letter to Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, F. R. S'
Read 21 May 1772
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- L&P/5/301
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- 05 February 1772
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- 3 pages
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James Cook, Letter, 'An account of the flowing of tides in the South Sea, observed from the bark Endeavour' from James Cook to Nevil Maskelyne, 05 February 1772, L&P/5/301, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/l-and-p_5_301/letter-an-account-of-the-flowing-of-tides-in-the-south-sea-observed-from-the-bark-endeavour-from-james-cook-to-nevil-maskelyne, accessed on 26 April 2025
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