Creator John Arrowsmith

Date 1849

"(Western) Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government, combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet etc, etc."

Western part of a fine map of Australia by Arrowsmith, with very detailed coastal survey notes & historical information of Australia's oldest explored coasts, such as 'Dampier in his voyage round the World with the Buccaneers in 1688 remained 2 months upon the land that now bears his name'. Other explorers mentioned, apart from the great French voyagers cited in the title, include early Dutchmen Hartog, Vlaming & De Witt, and Englishmen Flinders, Vancouver and Wickham of the HMS Beagle.

Source: National Library of Australia