Full title: Item 05: Coastal profiles of Christmas Island, Sunda Straits, North Coast Java, Bangka Island, Gaspar Straits and Johannah Island, 1778-1790 ; Coastal profiles of New South Wales, ca. 1807

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Date: 4 Feb. 1778 - ca. 1807.

Call Numbers: A 3931

Record Identifier: Y0KDrLD1

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Formats: Pictures, Drawings, Manuscripts

Contents: Drawings - 16 sheets of drawings in pencil, ink and ink wash - 38 x 47 cm. or smaller - most sheets folded in half - some sheets strengthened with a protective layer of translucent paper; paper is brittle and torn at edges : ;, Textual Records - manuscript, 1 hand lettered title page with ink wash drawing on reverse - 24 x 37 cm. - edges torn, Textual Records - manuscript, 3 page letter in pencil, affixed down left hand side - 34 x 21 cm.

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Notes: Most individual profiles are captioned in ink Dated from manuscript notes and 2 sheets watermarked 1807 Many of the names of islands are not on modern charts but are to be found in the East India pilot 1803 (ML X912/23) v.2. The track of the "General Elliot" is shown on map 101 Many of the names on the NSW profiles (30-31) are not on modern maps but they do appear on the map in Oxley's printed journal of 2 expeditions, 1820 (ML Q981/10) Probably 2 of the 5 "pencil drawings and scales of mountains" included in Lot 28 of Sotheby Wilkinson & Hodge's sale catalogue of the Macquarie papers, Feb. 1914 (30-31). Microfilm available: CY 3679, frames 57 - 88 Digital order no:Album ID : 824104

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MMS ID: 110321263