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Description: | Scale: circa 1:1,500,000. Chart graduated on left hand side only. Mounted on cardboard frame.
Inset: A Draught of Sharks Bay on the Coast of New Holland in the ... circa 1:60,000.
In 1688 Dampier made the first English landfall in Australia, in the pirate ship Cygnet. After the publication of his New Voyage Around the World in 1697, the Admiralty sent him on another voyage to Australia in the Roebuck. He landed at Sharks Bay in August 1699.
This record was added as part of the 2009-2010 pre 1900 charts transcription project.
caption: G262:11/11 New Holland by Thornton | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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