BIB_ID
107972
Accession number
MA 38.10
Creator
Gore, John, 1730?-1790.
Display Date
1779 Aug. 23.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1905.
Description
1 item (1 p.), bound ; 32.4 cm.
Notes
John Gore was given command of the final expedition by Captain Cook after the deaths James Cook and Charles Clerke; Gore brought the two ships home from Kamchatka in October 1780.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Part of a collection of correspondence and papers of Rear Admiral James Burney. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer Quaritch in July 1905.
Summary
Appointing James Burney as First Lieutenant of the "Resolution".
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