Chart of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land

Map by the mysterious female cartographer Jehoshaphat Aspin is one of the earliest obtainable separate maps
of New South Sales, Australia, to illustrate the explorations undertaken by John Oxley and George Evans between 1817 and 1818.

Cartographically this map is derived from the Oxley / Arrowsmith map of 1822. Roughly centered on Sydney, the map covers the coast from
the Solitary Islands (north of Port Macquarie) to Cape Howe. It extends inland along the Lachlan River to its apparent marshy source. It also
extends along the Macquarie River as far north as Mt. Forerster and Mt. Harris. Major roadways are highlighted.

A secondary map focusing on Tasmania or Van Diemen’s Land appears in the lower right quadrant. Though the island is largely unexplored at
this point, the chart includes a detail of the roadway between Hobart Town and George Town. Tertiary maps illustrate the vicinity of Port
Jackson and Sydney, as well as provide a general overview of the Australian continent.

Jehoshaphat Aspin (fl. c. 1805 – c. 1832) was a British author, humorist, historian, and geographer active in the early 19th century. Aspin is
a bit of a mystery, but the name believed to be a nom-de-plume for an unknown female author. Aspin produced a number of children’s
books, geographies, geographical games, and histories. Her primary work Cosmorama focuses on connections between culturally and geo‐
graphically disparate peoples, for example, comparing Italian and Malay. Cartographically she appears to have worked with John
Thompson, Matthew Carey, and C. V. Lavoisne.

Source: https://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/newsouthwalestasmania-aspinjehoshaphat-1827