MAPS AUSTRALIA WA

The preferred French issue of this important chart which is made up of a number of insets. The top half of the map is devoted to King George's Sound. The other insets include;
Dusky Sound

J. Edwards Pall Mall and G. Robinson Paternoster Row, May 1st 1798

Vancouver’s account was translated in Paris, in 1799, "Voyage De Découvertes, A : Océan Pacifique du Nord, et autour Du Monde; Dans lequel la côte nord-ouest de l ‘Amérique a été soigneusement reconnue et exactement releve: ... Exécuté En 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794 Et 1795 Par Le Capitaine George Vancouver. Traduit De L'Anglais,

Tooley, 1278.

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Important pre-colonisation map of the Western Australian coast. George Vancouver (1791-1795) was appointed to undertake a hydrographic survey of the northwest coast of America and had also been given permission to examine ‘that extent of coast of the south-west side of New Holland, which in the present age appears a real blot in geography’. He planned ‘to fall in with the S.W. Cape of New Holland, and should I find the shores capable of being navigated without much hazard to range its coast and determine whether it and Van Diemen’s Land are joined, which from all information at present extant appears somewhat doubtful’. He left Falmouth in 1791 with the ships Discovery and Chatham, sailing southward to the Cape of Good Hope, traversing the Indian Ocean and making landfall at Cape Leeuwin on the southwest coast of Australia on 26 September 1791 where he claimed the coast for Great Britain. Two days later, he discovered ‘one very excellent port’ which he named King George III Sound (present day Albany). He then examined a further four hundred and eighty kilometres of coastline but unfortunately had to abandon his examination of the western coast of Van Diemen’s Land due to strong easterly winds which forced him to travel south below Tasmania, thereby narrowly missing the opportunity to discover Bass Strait. From the French edition of Vancouver’s Voyage de decouvertes a l’ocean Pacifique du Nord, et autour du monde. This is the preferred edition of this map, printed on heavier paper and with more detail.

Early issue of this finely engraved and detailed map of the colonies of Western Australia and Tasmania. Current information was obtained from the Colonial Office London.

Very accurate maps published for S.D.U.K. (Society for the
Diffusion of Useful Knowledge) which was established to
foster learning. The maps were well researched with
current information & discoveries.

Map of Central Australia showing the route taken by Leichhardt from Moreton Bay to Port Essington 1845, Gregory search for Leichhardt 1856 and McDouall Stuart Newcastle Waters to Van Diemen Gulf 1862.

From Petermann's Geographische Mittheilungen.

Peterman was a mapmaker of international repute, he accompanied Barth in Central Africa, and travelled the Arctic. He worked in London 1847-1854, experimented in thematic mapping and compiled maps for Fullarton. In Germany he worked for Perthes. He died in Gotha.

A scarce map showing the tracks of the following explorers, Forrest 1879, Leichhardt 1845, Gregory 1855/8, McD.Stuart, McMinn 1876, Sergison 1877 and Brockman 1879/80.
Not in Tooley
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On 22 April 1879, Alexander Forrest was to lead an eight man expedition from Beagle Bay into the then unknown Kimberley region and found much sought after grazing land.

Detailed and informative map of Western Australia marked are government railways and Timber Co's railways as well as other inland information
Original lithograph.

From the border of South Australian to Cape Arid.

Scarce county map southern Western Australia from the first atlas devoted to the continent issued in Australia. In 1837 Sands came to Sydney for health reasons and with stationery valued at £500 setting up business in George Street. In 1848 he took over a shop front next to the General Post Office. By 1870 as stationers, booksellers, printers and account book manufacturers the firm was one of the largest of its kind in Australia and in that year won prizes for printing and book production at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney.

Scarce county map of Great Sandy Desert from the first atlas devoted to the continent issued in Australia. In 1837 Sands came to Sydney for health reasons and with stationery valued at £500 setting up business in George Street. In 1848 he took over a shop front next to the General Post Office. By 1870 as stationers, booksellers, printers and account book manufacturers the firm was one of the largest of its kind in Australia and in that year won prizes for printing and book production at the Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney.

With inset of King George Sound.