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  <dc:title>James Cook, Directions for Sailing from Halifax to Quebec</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Manuscript, c1760, entitled 'Directions for sailing from the harbour of Halifax to Quebec, by James Cook, Master of His Majesty's Ship Northumberland'. The text is written in Cook's hand throughout. Pasted into the manuscript are a table showing latitude and longitude of capes etc (f 17r) and a list of names, mostly of chiefs from Tahiti encountered on Cook's first voyage in the Endeavour (f 18r). 

From c1750 Masters of HM Ships were required by the Admiralty to keep Remark Books of details of coasts and ports they visited. James Cook followed this practice when serving in HMS Pembroke and HMS Northumberland on the North American Station from 1758 to 1762.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>c1760</dc:date>
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