Objects & expedition gear
Canvas bag used to carry Scott’s diaries
Historical recordIndividually cataloged book bag associated by Royal Museums Greenwich with the Terra Nova expedition; accession ZBA1613.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- The green canvas bag used to carry the diaries of Captain R. F. Scott, RN.
- Artifact date
- circa 1910
- Holding institution
- Royal Museums Greenwich, National Maritime Museum
- Accession
- ZBA1613
Scope of evidence
Evidence of this cataloged artifact, not evidence of modern speculative Antarctic claims.
Captain Scott wearing the wallet in which he carried his sledging journals, as identified by the original 1913 plate caption. Specific historical context for the diary-bag record, not a modern photograph of RMG object ZBA1613 or independent proof that every visible detail matches that surviving relic.
Herbert G. Ponting, photograph of Captain Scott wearing his sledging-journal wallet; Scott’s Last Expedition, vol. 1 (Smith, Elder, 1913), facing p. 486. Museum Victoria / Biodiversity Heritage Library, via Internet Archive. Public domain.
The bag’s historical function is identified by the original plate caption. Identity with every visible detail of the surviving museum relic has not been established. The catalogued museum-object photograph is not reproduced.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public domain: BHL/Museum Victoria item metadata explicitly states this 1913 work is no longer under copyright. Relevant authors Robert Falcon Scott (d. 1912), editor Leonard Huxley (d. 1933), photographer Herbert G. Ponting (d. 1935). Independent Museum Victoria book scan, not permission to reuse RMG/SPRI modern archival images.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/ScottquotslasteIScot/page/n740/mode/1up
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://archive.org/metadata/ScottquotslasteIScot
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-212313
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-212313
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