The track of the Ship Marquis Cornwallis from Port Jackson New South Wales towards Madras & Bengal i...
The track of the Ship Marquis Cornwallis from Port Jackson New South Wales towards Madras & Bengal i...
The track of the Ship Marquis Cornwallis from Port Jackson New South Wales towards Madras & Bengal in the months of July & August 1796 [cartographic material] / H. Moor.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
1796.
Date
1796.
Call Numbers
SAFE/M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 7359/Map 2
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Language
English
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Cartographic data
Scale [ca. 1:4 435 200] (E 25°--E 130°/̕N 30°--S 65°)
Physical content
1 ms. map ; 28 x 97 cm.
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Publisher
1796.
Date Published
1796.
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The track of the Ship Marquis Cornwallis from Port Jackson New South Wales towards Madras & Bengal in the months of July & August 1796 [cartographic material] / H. Moor.
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Track extends from Irian Jaya to the Strait of Sunda from where the Marquis Cornwallis continued to Madras and Calcutta.
H. Moor [signed] commented on strong westerly currents, and asserted that "the distance between the islands is determined by a good Box chronometer therefore may be depended on."
Henry Moor later published "Sailing directions to accompany a new Chart of the Mollucas and Eastern Islands: together with separate plans (...) surveyed, in the course of two years and six months stations in those seas, by Henry Moor, assisted by V.V. Ballard" 1801. Moor in his Preface again refers to Robertson: "I do not mean to arraign the acc...
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Online images available via the State Library of NSW.
Time Period
d1796
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Call Numbers
SAFE/M Ser 4 000/1 MLMSS 7359/Map 2
Record Identifier
74VKwwozEpoy
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MMS ID
991018218799702626
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