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| Website Name | South Seas: Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800) |
| Website Address | http://southseas.nla.gov.au/ |
| Organisation | National library of Australia |
| Description |
South Seas is an online information resource for the history of European voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific between 1760 and 1800. South Seas offers manuscript of James Cook’s Endeavour Journal, together with journals kept by Joseph Banks and Sydney Parkinson and writings by Hawkesworth. |
| City |
Canberra |
| State |
Australian Capital Territory (More websites in the same location)
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| Country |
Australia |
| Category | Archives and Libraries; exhibitions; libraries; libraries - national; manuscripts and rare books; picture collections: Exhibitions; virtual exhibitions: History; australian history; research collections (More websites in same category) |
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Monthly |
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