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Marvina's Bay ; 1979.

Marvinas Bay, B.C.

On verso: "Unnamed island just off S. end of Boston Point, Marvinas Bay. Between the island and the shore may be the approximate spot where there Boston anchored in 1803, when Indians from Yuquot village at Friendly Cove massacred the crew, except for two (See p. 20 of John R. Jewitt, Narrative..."

Henry, John Frazier.

Cook monument inscription.

Written on back: "First monument to Captain Cook, erected by Admiral Palliser on his family estate, The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks. Inscription covers four sides. Part of house seen at left. Photo taken by Frances Woodward, Provincial Archives, 19 June 1966."

"For full inscription see Gorden Campbell Captain James Cook. (London, Hoddevand Stoughton [1936] pp. 304-306 - NOT EXACT."

"For complete inscription see Cook's Voyage, Dublin, Printed for H. Chamberlaine,... M,DCC,LXXXIV [1784] vol. 1 pp. XCII-XCV. (HR F5814.3 AI 1784a v.1) & London, 1784 (HR F5814.3 A1 1784 ; etc) (p.xci - testimony by anonymous colleague) ie Hon. John Forbes, Admiral of the Fleet (see Beaglehole p.ccii)"

Woodward, Frances.

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