A Chart of a track of land in the southern Pacifick [i.e. Pacific] Ocean, discovered by Lieutt John...
A Chart of a track of land in the southern Pacifick [i.e. Pacific] Ocean, discovered by Lieutt John...
A Chart of a track of land in the southern Pacifick [i.e. Pacific] Ocean, discovered by Lieutt John Shortland on his homeward bound passage from the east coast of New South Wales [cartographic material] / [T.G. Shortland ; copy by W.E.L].
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Author / Creator
Publisher
1797.
Date
1797.
Call Numbers
Z/Cb 79/10
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale not given.
Physical content
1 ms. map ; 33.2 x 36.5 cm. on sheet 42 x 55 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
1797.
Date Published
1797.
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Full title
A Chart of a track of land in the southern Pacifick [i.e. Pacific] Ocean, discovered by Lieutt John Shortland on his homeward bound passage from the east coast of New South Wales [cartographic material] / [T.G. Shortland ; copy by W.E.L].
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Notes
General note
Ink. Simple cylindrical projection.
Originally drawn on the voyage by T.G. Shortland, 1788; this manuscript copy by W.E.L. 14 Decr 1797.
The map shows the route of the Alexander along the south west of the Solomons and through Bougainville Strait on its 1788 voyage from Port Jackson to Batavia. The area on the map referred to as New Georgia appears to be the New Georgia Group plus Bougainville, Choiseul, Guadalcanal and San Christobal. A printed version with the same title "by Thom...
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Time Period
d1797
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Z/Cb 79/10
Record Identifier
74VM4BXQPoWd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VM4BXQPoWd
Other Identifiers
DDC
Z/Cb 79/ 10
MMS ID
991001571719702626
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