Pacific Ocean

Date: 1875-[ca 1930]

By: Mackay, Robert Percy, 1862-1948

Reference: MS-Group-0337

Description: Consists of 3 logs written by Mackay on the whaling ship Splendid for the years 1875-1877. The logs detail the voyages of the ship from Port Chalmers to various places around New Zealand, the Southern Ocean and into the Pacific. Also contains discharge papers dated Oct 1877; an annotated copy of `The Cruise of the Cachalot' by Frank T Bullen published in 1899 and an annotated proof of a galley for a newspaper article, ca 1930s, reporting on Mackay's life and his claim that Bullen's 1899 book was in fact based on the Splendid. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 4 volume(s). 1 folder(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescript and printed matter Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchase, Quilters Bookshop, Wellington, 1994

Date: 17 Dec 1996 to 8 Nov 2000 - 17 Dec 1996 - 08 Nov 2000

By: Cottrell, Anna, active 1996-2003

Reference: OHColl-0921

Description: Interviews with eight New Zealand veterans from World War II, Pacific campaign. The interviewees are Bob Dunlop, George Luoni, Keith Mulligan, Leslie Taylor, Fred Thomas, Jim Tocker, W.R.B. (Bob) Watson and David Williams. Interviewer(s) - Anna Cottrell Arrangement: Digital files from arranged as OHDL-000789, OHDL-000790 Quantity: 10 C60 cassette(s). 17 videocassette(s). 8 printed abstract(s). 2 Electronic document(s) - abstracts. 8 interview(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete. Processing information: Interviews not yet described: Les Taylor, Fred Thomas, Jim Tocker, George Luoni, Bob Watson, David Williams Abstracts not yet described: OHA-5095, OHA-5097 - OHA-5101 Original recordings not yet described: OHC-016556 - OHC-016562, OHDV-0027 - OHDV-0030, OHDV-0035 - OHDV-0040

Date: 1962

By: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972

Reference: MS-Papers-11006

Description: Correspondence with Harold Leov and Andrew Sharp re `Ancient voyages in the Pacific' by Sharp Quantity: 1 folder(s) (4 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased at George Walker auction, 1987

Date: 1973

From: [Posters and stickers concerning anti-nuclear protest, nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific. 1970-1979].

By: Palmer, Stanley, 1936-

Reference: Eph-D-NUCLEAR-1973-01

Description: Shows a reproduction of a print of a rocky island. Two copies held. Other Titles - No to French atomic explosions. Ink drawing by Stanley Palmer, New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 310 x 550 mm on sheet 455 x 576 mm

Date: 1 Dec 1821-30 Jun 1822, 23 Jul 1842-18 Nov 1843, 30 Oct 1845-22 Nov 1846

By: Gambier, Robert Fitzgerald, 1803-1885

Reference: MS-Group-1554

Description: Contains a logbook kept by R F Gambier a midshipsman aboard the `HMS Dauntless', commanded by Captain George C Gambier. The log book records the voyage to the Pacific or `South Seas' in 1821-1822, with details of weather conditions encountered. There are also details of landings throughout the Pacific including Huahini, Tahiti. Also included is a night order book kept by RF Gambier while he was commander aboard the `HMS Satellite' and the `HMS Sappho' for voyages aimed at suppressing the slave trade around Africa during the 1840s. There is also a note book recording `general instructions' in regards to navy vessels. Quantity: 3 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss

Date: 1865

From: Carbery, Andrew Thomas H 1836-1870 :Scrapbook. 1863 - 1868.

Reference: E-248-q-092

Description: Looking along the deck of a sailing ship with the ocean (probably the Atlantic) and a rising full moon above the horizon. Two men, one in a sailor's uniform, are talking in the foreground The scene is probably on the Atlantic, on the crossing between Brazil and England in 1865, when the artist was on his way home from military service in New Zealand. The drawings on the three preceeding pages are of Rio de Janeiro and an atoll off the coast of Brazil; however the drawing on the following page is a New Zealand one (E-248-q-094) as the drawing on the page after that (E-248-q-096) Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 130 x 192 mm

Date: 1831-1832

By: Browning, George, 1806-1890

Reference: Micro-MS-0034

Description: Includes pedigree of Davis family of London, copied from a press copy found among S Browning's papers 11 years after his death, 26 Nov 1899 Captain of the schooner 'Caledonia'. Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) positive.

Date: [October 1900]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-q-633-20-1

Description: Lord Ranfurly (left) and Captain Baynes taking a turn around the deck of HMS Mildura. Photograph taken in October 1900 by Malcolm Ross on the cruise of HMS Mildura to the Cook Islands, Niue and Tonga during which the Cook Islands and Niue were annexed on behalf of New Zealand. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Exercise on board; Album page - right of image - Capt. Baynes Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 109 x 151 mm mounted on album page 253 x 314 mm

Date: 1958

By: MacMillan, Fiona Hope, active 1958

Reference: MS-1362

Description: Bibliographies of Surville, Du Fresne and Entrecasteaux Quantity: 1 volume(s) (99 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; green linen)

Date: Jan 1791-Feb 1794

By: Bell, Edward, active 1791-1794

Reference: qMS-2071-2073

Description: Journal of the voyage of the Armed Tender, HMS Chatham, captained by Lieutenant William Robert Broughton. HMS Chatham was one of the ships under the command of Captain Vancouver in his exploration of the Pacific and of the North American coast. Describes the voyage from England via Cape of Good Hope to Australia and New Zealand; activity at Dusky Sound, the discovery of the Chatham Islands, the voyage to Tahiti, with descriptions of the inhabitants, and of the Bounty mutineers. The voyage to Hawaii, with a description of the islands and their inhabitants, followed by the voyage to Canada and the Californian coast, before returning to Hawaii. Bell gives full accounts of the places and inhabitants visited. Publication - See: `[The journal of Edward Bell] from the time of the Chatham's being put in commission till her departure from England', by Edward Bell and Charles H Read. Edward Bell was the Clerk aboard the HMS Chatham during Vancouver's voyage in the Pacific Ocean, 1790-1795. Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Holographs & typed transcript Finding Aids: Detailed inventory of the journal available.. Provenance: Formerly in possession of Mr R T Pritchett. Purchased by A H Turnbull from Maggs Bros, London, 1908.

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: 1825-1827, [1978]

From: Alexander Turnbull Library : Papers from various sources

Reference: MSY-5275

Description: Journal of Stutchbury edited for publication by David Branagan; contains observations made during a voyage to the South Seas, including New Zealand (1825-1827), in the Pacific Pearl Company vessels, `Sir George Osborne' and `Rolla' Relationship complexity - See also fMS-233-234, 85-060 and 380.1437 in the Published collections Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript

Date: 1521 - 1778

From: New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Centennial Publications Branch :Maps from Historical Atlas

Reference: MapColl-CHA-1/4/1-Acc.35996

Description: Identifies routes of Magellan, Mendana, Drake, Quiros, Torres, Schouten & Le Maire, Abel Tasman, Dampier, Roggeveen, Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Bougainville and Cook. Quantity: 1 manuscript map(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing on black paper encased in plastic. Scale indeterminable. 39 x 59.2 cm. Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1779-1780

By: Gore, John, active 1776-1779

Reference: qMS-0861

Description: Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 volume(s) (19 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph (photocopies) (31 cm, red tie case)

Date: 13 May 1976

From: Richards, Rhys Morgan, 1939- : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7039

Description: Summary by Richards of the results of his attempt to make a preliminary check in early newspapers for references to early sealing and whaling vessels which visited both Lima and Santiago and New Zealand from 1800-1850 Quantity: 1 folder(s) (12 leaves).

Date: 1887-1889

By: Young, H J, active 1887-1889

Reference: MSX-6334

Description: Diary kept by H J Young from Nov 1887 to Nov 1889 mostly while on board HMS `Royalist' on a voyage he called `The Cruise of the Evolutionary Squadron'; he also kept a log of the ports called at, noting their arrival and departure with remarks on events in the ports. A personal equipment list is included and some financial records. The diary includes latitude and longitude, length of runs, songs, poems and puzzles which entertained the crews of these voyages, a list of Young's family's birth dates, notes such as addresses of various people and other material. The only recorded event is a battle commanded by Admiral Geoffrey T Phipps Hornby in the Solomon Islands in Jun 1889 which is described in some detail, particularly noting the various vessels involved. The remarks in the log record specific acts by the participants. The log begins with the `Royalist's arrival at Accra and its departure from Simon's Bay, South Africa (17 Nov 1887-5 Sep 1888) when they `Left for Our new Station Australia'; they arrived in Albany 11 Oct 1888 completing the assignment when they left for England 5 Nov 1889. Included in the remarks about the Australian assignment are comments on fighting taking place in various Pacific Islands, particularly the Solomons. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph

Date: 1943

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: WH-0162-a-F

Description: Original caption reads: "NZEF IP [New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific]. A New Zealand brigade moves from Guadalcanal to Vella Lavella [Solomon Islands]. Voting conducted on board an LST. The polling booth. Seated (2nd & 3rd from left) are the polling officers: Major G B Gibbons (Wgtn) and Major H F Allan (Nelson). Official war photograph taken 1943. Photographer unidentified. Identified from original print of this negative in album PA1-q-302, page 82 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 2008 - 2010

By: Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

Reference: Eph-C-ANIMALS-2010-02

Description: Poster in French shows photographs of a turtle with the location of the tags in red, and advises anyone who finds tagged turtles to write down the tag numbers, when and how the turle was caught, what happened to the turtle, and name and address of the informant. The information was then to be sent to SPREP in Apia, Samoa. The SPREP was "l'agence principale coordonnant le baguage de tortues dans la region du Pacifique pour etudier la migration et le cycle de vie des tortues marines" - "the main agency coordinating turtletagging in the Pacific region to study the migration and life cycle of marine turtles". Other Titles - Notification of research - turtle tags Other Titles - Tags wanted. ... If you find a tagged turtle, write down the following ...... Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print, 480 x 331 mm. Provenance: Donated by the publisher in August 2010.

Date: 1800

From: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978 :McIntosh Collections of antique maps

By: McIntosh, Alister Donald Miles (Sir), 1906-1978

Reference: MapColl-942.4a/1791/Acc.42781

Description: McIntosh Collection, item 127 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Engraving, black & white, scale [ca. 1:615 000], 30 x 22 cm

Date: 1844-1848

Reference: qMS-1855

Description: Short-entry account of whaling voyage in Pacific Ocean Entries from 6 Mar 1847 by Edward H Morton Quantity: 1 volume(s) (116 pages). Physical Description: Mss (39 cm; ¼ calf, marbled boards)