Matthew Flinders : 200th anniversary 1814-2014 / poster produced by: Hydrography Commission of the S...
Matthew Flinders : 200th anniversary 1814-2014 / poster produced by: Hydrography Commission of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute ; The Australasian Hydrographic Society ; Land and Property Information NSW Government, a division of Department of Finance & Services ; images used with permission from the State Library of NSW.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
[Sydney, N.S.W.?] [Hydrography Commission of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute], [2014]
Alternative title
Call Numbers
M4 804/1814/1
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale approximately 1:7,000,000 (E 113°00'--E 165°00'/S 7°00'--S 44°00').
Physical content
1 map : colour ; 66 x 95 cm, on sheet 84 x 119 cm.
Content type
cartographic image
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
sheet
Publication information
Publisher
[Sydney, N.S.W.?] [Hydrography Commission of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute], [2014]
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
[2014]
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
Matthew Flinders : 200th anniversary 1814-2014 / poster produced by: Hydrography Commission of the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute ; The Australasian Hydrographic Society ; Land and Property Information NSW Government, a division of Department of Finance & Services ; images used with permission from the State Library of NSW.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Australasian Hydrographic Society, researcher.
Land and Property Information (N.S.W.), researcher.
State Library of New South Wales., researcher.
Notes
General note
Poster commemorating the 200th anniversary of Captain Matthew Flinders death and the publishing of his map that first stated the name zAustralia? in 1814. Reproduction of Flinders map "General chart of Terra Australis or Australia" is at centre. Relief shown by bathymetric soundings.
Includes colour portraits and colour illustrations around border of map of Flinders, Biddy Salamander, Trim (Flinders' cat), H.M.S. Investigator, the sword and naval coat or sash badge belonging to Flinders, Sydney Harbour, entrance of Endeavour River, Twofold Bay, NSW, Wooding Place in Adventure Bay, native animals, various sea shells and sealife....
Original version note
Reproduction. Originally published General chart of Terra Australis or Australia; showing the parts explored between 1798 and 1803, by M. Flinders Commr. of H.M.S. Investigator. London : Published as the Act directs by G. & W. Nicol, Pall Mall, Jany. 1, 1814.
Time Period
d1798 d1803
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
M4 804/1814/1
Record Identifier
74VKvlbzPlmb
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKvlbzPlmb
Other Identifiers
MMS ID
991021709909702626
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