Nevil Maskelyne, F R S, Astronomer Royal: holograph dated from Greenwich, 3 January 1767 to Mr John Nourse, Bookseller; draft of instruments lent to Captain Cook 1776.

Nevil Maskelyne, F R S, Astronomer Royal: holograph dated from Greenwich, 3 January 1767 to Mr John Nourse, Bookseller; draft of instruments lent to Captain Cook 1776.

Related Material the <a href="http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/MS-AGC-00008-00029/1">Board of Longitude Digital Archive</a> for a digitised copy of Maskelyne's letter to Nourse, and the accompanying list of instruments and books delivered to Captain Cook from the Board of Longitude.

Record Details

Item reference: AGC/8/29; MS1935-0249
Catalogue Section: Manuscript documents acquired singly by the Museum
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1767-01-01 - 1776-12-31; 1767-01-03 - 1776-12-31
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London