Van Diemen's Land revealed : Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the island in the colon...
Van Diemen's Land revealed : Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the island in the colon...
Van Diemen's Land revealed : Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the island in the colonial sloop Norfolk 1798-1799 / [edited by] Dan Sprod.
About this item
Full title
Publisher
Hobart : Blubber Head Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
Call Numbers
Q919.46042/4A , Q919.46042/4
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
ix, 228 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., facsims, 1 map ; 28 cm. + 3 maps folded in back pocket.
Contents
European contacts with Van Diemen's Land Diemen's Land, 1642-1793 -- Flinders and Bass: Coastal explorations south of Port Jackson, 1795-1798 -- George Bass and the discovery of Western Port, 3 December 1797-25 February 1798 -- Matthew Flinders Voyage to the wreck of the Sydney Cove in the schooner...
Facsimilie charts: A chart of Bass's Strait between New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land -- Chart of part of the coast of New South Wales, from Ram Head to Northumberland Isles -- Port Dalrymple [and] The southernmost fo Funeaux's Islands [and] Westernport [and] Twofold Bay.
Publication information
Publisher
Hobart : Blubber Head Press, 2009.
Analytical title
Observations on the coasts of Van Diemen's Land, on Bass Strait and its islands, and on part of the coasts of New South Wales.
A voyage to Terra Australis.
Place of Publication
Tasmania
Date Published
2009.
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Flinders and Bass successful circumnavigation of Van Diemens Land in 1798 and 1799 in the sloop Norfolk, which established beyond doubt the existence of Bass Strait and that Van Diemens Land was an island - has been overlooked to the extent that no separate work brings together source materials relating to the voyage. Van Diemen's Land Revealed is...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Van Diemen's Land revealed : Flinders and Bass and their circumnavigation of the island in the colonial sloop Norfolk 1798-1799 / [edited by] Dan Sprod.
Variant title
Observations on the coasts of Van Diemen's Land, on Bass Strait and its islands, and on part of the coasts of New South Wales.
A voyage to Terra Australis.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-215)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mitchell Library copy: Jacket filed.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Q919.46042/4A , Q919.46042/4
Record Identifier
74Vv8djaOBZg
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8djaOBZg
Other Identifiers
ISBN
9780908528356 (hbk.)
DDC
919.46042
MMS ID
991014105469702626
