A survey of the Straits between New Holland and New Guinea [cartographic material] / by W. Bligh.
A survey of the Straits between New Holland and New Guinea [cartographic material] / by W. Bligh.
A survey of the Straits between New Holland and New Guinea [cartographic material] / by W. Bligh.
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
1792.
Date
1792.
Call Numbers
MB2 890/1792/1 , SAFE/MB2 890/1792/1
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Cartographic data
Scale [1:696 960]
Physical content
1 ms. map : hand col. ; 45.7 x 59.5 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
1792.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
1792.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
A survey of the Straits between New Holland and New Guinea [cartographic material] / by W. Bligh.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Shows Cook's discoveries in the Endeavour, Endeavour's tracks, Bligh's tracks in the Providence and Assistant 1792, Bligh's tracks in Bounty's launch 1789, and islands seen by both Cook and Bligh.
Signed ms. map on scale 1 inch = 11 miles by this admirable navigator and cartographer.
Exhibited in: Crux. Rare maps from the State Library of NSW
Formerly catalogued with Bligh's charts / by Lieut. Wm. Bligh R.N.; call number SAFE/F79/5...
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Time Period
d1792
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
MB2 890/1792/1 , SAFE/MB2 890/1792/1
Record Identifier
74Vvk43NymRb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvk43NymRb
Other Identifiers
DDC
919.438
919
MMS ID
991014001109702626
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