Maps and charts
The Foundation’s map collection tells the cartographic story of geographers’ representations of Australia as the mythological Great Southern Land, through early contacts by the Dutch and other nations, to the beginnings of British settlement and the country we know today. The collection comprises both printed and manuscript maps of the era.
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Chart of the south Pacific Ocean, pointing out the discoveries made previous to 1764
Alexander Dalrymple
1767
Esquisse de la Ville de Sydney, Capitale des colonies anglaises, à la Nouvelle-Hollande
Louis Henri de Saulces de Freycinet
1825
The Track Chart of HMS HYACINTH 1836. Original Chart From An Early Surveying Voyage to Australia.
Francis Price Blackwood
1836
Die eigentliche und warhafftige gestalt der Erden und des Meers. Cosmographia…
Heinrich Bünting
1581
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia.
Phillip Parker King
1826