Mariana Islands

Date: 3 Oct 1836

By: Krusenstern, Adam Johann von, 1770-1846

Reference: MS-Papers-0747/1

Description: Photocopy of letter written from St Petersburg to either Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, or to Philip Franz von Siebold concerning names given to the islands in the Pacific by Le Maire, Tasman, Bellinghausen, and Williams. In German. Accompanied by typed English transcript Language - With English transcript Quantity: 1 folder(s) (5 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopy)

Date: 1878-1899

Reference: Micro-MS-0675

Description: Quantity: 12 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1783-1787

By: Gonneville, Baron de, active 1503

Reference: qMS-0855

Description: Also includes lists of voyagers and islands discovered, 1500-1800 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (45 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss (photocopies) (35 cm, red linen tie case) Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Mr J Dunmore, 1960

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-013

Description: Shows a grave stone with a tall cross on top of it. Before it kneels a woman in skirt and head-veil. A man and woman stand behind her in European dress, the woman smoking a cigar or cigarette. In the left, at a short distance, stands a couple in European dress, the woman holding a baby. Plate 93 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has same plate and has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist, and that Langlois engraved the plate, at least for the French edition. Other Titles - Iles Mariannes - Hommes et femmes d'Oumata Other Titles - Marianas - Men and women of Umatac Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 93 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1772 - 1775

From: Artist unknown :[South Seas views from Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo. Venezia, Antonelli, 1841]

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797

Reference: A-119-040

Description: Plate 71 volume 3 of an illustrated Italian publication. An upper plate showing a man and a woman (or two young women) of New Caledonia, after William Hodges. The two are seated or lying on a large rock. A lower plate shows a standing woman and a seated man of the Mariana Islands Other Titles - Inhabitants of New Caledonia. Inhabitants of the Mariannas [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two hand-coloured lithographs on one sheet, 296 x 201 mm

Date: [ca 1922]

By: Wallesa, Salvador Pedro, active 1912-1922

Reference: qMS-2111

Description: An account of the Mariana and Caroline Islands, divided into seven chapters: Natural conditions; social conditions of the islanders; stages of life of the islanders; religion and morality; the situation of the islanders with respect to Christianity and the Roman Catholic Mission; the Catholic Mission under Japanese rule Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Microfilm printout (in phase box) Provenance: Printout of Micro-MS-Coll-08-0025 (PMB 25)

Date: 1878-1929

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0023

Description: Letters, notebooks, memoranda, articles etc. Includes letter to `Sydney Morning Herald' on the trouble in Samoa (1899), a paper on German expansion in the South Pacific (1908), correspondence on the Pitcairn Islanders with the British Consulate in Tahiti (19110-1913), and account by Young of his family. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an idea.

Date: 1842 - 1830 - 1840

By: Bailliere, Hipolyte, active 1840s

Reference: A-327-005

Description: Shows a half-length portrait of a young woman with hair centrally parted and tied back. She wears European blouse and striped skirt, and wears a cross on a pendant around her neck. The third edition of Dr Prichard's "Natural history of man" (London, 1848) has this image as Plate XXVI (opposite page 352), and it is entitled "Woman of the Mariana Islands". The artist is unknown, but the work may be derived from Arago or Pellion who are known to have visited the Mariana Islands prior to this date. Other Titles - Woman of the Mariana Islands Other Titles - Plate 26 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, 224 x 144 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane auction, 13 April 2000, lot 249

Date: 1880-1881

From: Pacific Manuscripts Bureau : Records of the Pacific Area

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-08-0022

Description: The journal describes Young's life as a trader for Capelle. His headquarters were at Guam, then the capital of Spain's settlements in the Mariana Islands. Young made frequent visits to other islands in the Marianas and also to islands in the Carolinas and Marshalls. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Full description in inventory, also in "Complete Annotated Catalogue" (Canberra: PMB, 1991) which has an index.

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-269

Description: Photographs arranged in geographic groupings. See Place Field for locations. Quantity: 1 container(s) (box).

Date: 19 Jun 1766-10 Jun 1768

By: Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795

Reference: Micro-MS-0353

Description: The log consists of two volumes with original marbled wrappesr inside a vellum cover. It is in Wallis' own hand, and appears to be the first draft of his official log which he handed to the Admiralty (Adm.55/35, PRO Reel 1579).The first volume covers the period up to 27 July 1767 and describes his voyage from England via Madeira and Cape Verde Island to Patagonia, then through the Straits of Magellan and previously unexplored parts of the Pacific, ending with an account of his stay at Tahiti which he named King George the Third's Island. Stitched in at the end of the volume is the report of John Gore, mate of the Dolphin, on the expedition he led into the interior of Tahiti on 25 July. Also included in the volume are sketches of flying fish and 5 profiles of the Patagonian coast.The second volume covers the period from his departure from Tahiti to his arrival back in England via Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope. At the end of the volume is a short vocabulary of the Tahitian language. On the inside of the back cover is a watercolour drawing of the ground plan and elevation of the Queen's house at Tahiti, with explanatory caption, and also in the volume is a pencil drawing of the Dolphin at Tahiti. The sketchbook contains 20 wash drawings of a ship, presumably the Dolphin. One of the drawings is titled "in a swall off Oznaburg Island - June - 1767 - in the South Seas." Each sheet is signed in the lower right hand corner "SW 1766". The original journal acquired from Maggs Bros., September 1961 Relationship complexity - See second draft of the offical log held in the Manuscripts Section, Alexander Turnbull Library: qMS-2214 Arrangement: A note at the end of the microfilm indicates that the pages are out of order as are the reports, poems, pictures and profiles. This is because of the way the journal has been bound. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive (3 vols, ca 230 pages).

Date: 1817 - 1825 - 1835 - 1820 - 1843

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Arago, Jacques Etienne Victor, 1790-1854; Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-011

Description: Shows two walkers or explorers in the middle distance surveying a double row of gigantic columns receding to the background, four on the left side and three on the other. In the left foreground a figure carries game on a stick over his shoulder. Derived from the top half of plate 74 in Freycinet's "Voyage autour du monde. Atlas historique" (1825). Plate 85 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. French edition (1835-36), has the additional information that Danvin was the copyist, and Aubert the engraver, at least for the French edition. Other Titles - Ancien monument de l'ile Tinian (mariannes) Other Titles - Ruines de colonnes antiques, vues sur l'ile Tinian Other Titles - Ancient monument, ruins and columns, on the island of Tinian, Marianas Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 85 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1830-1846

By: Russell, Bourn, 1794-1880

Reference: Micro-MS-0961

Description: Journal kept by Russell describing a whaling voyage on the `Lady Rowena' 1830-1832, with later annotations 1839-1846, and incidental papers 1820-1829. Includes a brief account of the voyage from London to Sydney, 25 Apr-19 Aug 1830, and a detailed account of the whaling voyage around the Solomon Islands, Papua, the Bismarck Archipelago, Japan, the Marianas, the Admiralty Islands, Dampier Strait, the Trobriand Islands, the Caroline Islands, Samoa, Tonga and the Santa Cruz Islands 2 Nov 1830-25 Jun 1832. Describes islanders' dress, their languages, appearances and culture, as well as islands geography, flora and fauna. Includes maps and island profiles. Source of title - Supplied by Library Bourn Russell arrived in Sydney, NSW, in 1826. A ship owner and commander of several ships, he made a whaling voyage on the Lady Rowena as far North as Japan in 1830-1832. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). 0.02 Linear Metres.

Date: 1766-1768

By: Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795

Reference: qMS-2114

Description: The first section of the volume covers the period from 19 June 1766 up to 27 July 1767 and describes his voyage from England via Madeira and Cape Verde Island to Patagonia, then through the Straits of Magellan and previously unexplored parts of the Pacific, ending with an account of his stay at Tahiti which he named King George the Third's Island. The next entries are "Remarks made at Georges Island". The second section covers the period from his departure from Tahiti to his arrival back in England via Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope, 28 July 1767 to 10 June 1768. The end pages in the volume include notes on the "Character of Admiral Boscawen and "An account of what I delivered in at the Admiralty on my arrival. A wreath of hair. One hundred pearls..." This log appears to be Wallis's own copy and the notes at the end on Admiral Boscawen etc are probably in his hand. An earlier draft of this log is held by the Mitchell Library in Sydney. Relationship complexity - Microfilm copy of original log, 1766-1768, held by Mitchell Library, Sydney available at Micro-MS-0353. Their reference is J27951 Quantity: 1 volume(s) (273 pages). Physical Description: Holograph (33 cm; blue morocco binding case) Provenance: Purchased in 1912 by Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull from the English bookseller Quaritch for £250. Transfers: To Drawings & Prints Collection - 11, apparently unpublished, sketches in pen and ink wash of places visited by Wallis (B116/1-11).