Talk:John Henry Cox

Name
It was not a translation. It was nominally a Swedish expedition, and they referred to the ship as the Gustav III. James Galloway (talk) 16:26, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

copyright violation concerns
This article was proposed for deletion based on concerns it was unsourced and contained copyright violations.

provided his response in the article,, so I have copied it here. John Vandenberg (chat) 15:06, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Incredulous* as the story may sound, it is true and was not copied verbatim and pasted from a book, a statement which I hope my accuser rues. My main source was Captain A R Williamson, "Eastern Traders", (Jardine Matheson, undated), page 25. George Mortimer, Lieut. in the Marines wrote the account of the brig MERCURY's long voyage in 1791. Although Cox was not an explorer he is credited with naming Oyster Bay in Tasmania and according to the record in the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), USA's official geographic names repository, the mouth of Coxe River (Cox spelt his name that way then),where it empties into Katlian Bay, is at 57 degrees, 10 minutes, 24 seconds N latitude & 135 degrees,16 minutes,37 seconds W longitude. The source or where the stream begins is at 57 degrees,11 minutes, 41 seconds N latitude & 135 degrees,11 minutes, 58 seconds W longitude.

I am accused of not giving sources; my accuser should read what I wrote: in the Swedish National Archives it is possible to view the instructions the king of Sweden, Gustav III, wrote for Cox, signed Gustaf, Ghiöteborg (Gothenburg) d. (the) 11 Nov. 1788. (Reference: Ruuthska handlingarna (1 volym) SE/RA/721404). Unfortunately it seems your system does not accept illustrations, otherwise I could have included a photo copy of the last page where his signature appears.

Even more incredulous* is that when Cox arrived in N.W.America to confront the Russians, he was so taken aback by their poor state that he finished up supplying them with provisions, so Gustav III received no 10% of his prizes as per the contract, because Cox took none. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Charles Dawson (talk • contribs) 15:43, 27 September 2009