Western Australia Margaret River Géographe Bay ADMIRALTY chart 1878 (1955) map
Australia - Coast - Cape Naturaliste to King George Sound // Géographe Bay // Busselton Harbour. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Surveyed by Staff Commander Archdeacon, assisted by Navigating Lieutenant William Tooker, 1876-1880. Soundings between Capes Bouvard and Leeuwin by Staff Commander Coghlan , in the surveying vessel "Meda" 1882; and beween C. Naturaliste and Bald I. by Commander Combe , "Penguin,"1899. Soundings in hair line from earlier surveys 1791-1858; Busselton Harbour from a Western Australian Government Plan 1912. Géographe Bay surveyed by Staff Commander Archdeacon, , assisted by Navigating Lieutenant W. Tooker, , 1876. Soundings in hair line are given, chiefly, on the authority of Captain Freycinet, French Imperial ship "Casuarina," 1803. Provenance: London. Published at the Admiralty under the Superintendence of Captain Evans, , , , Hydrographer. Crown Copyright reserved. Type: Large British nautical sea chart. Sea charts such as this were working navigational aids which were commonly updated and corrected during their working lives by hand annotation and/or printed overlays. They may also feature manuscript navigational notes, comments or other markings.
Size: 12064px × 8200px
Location: Western Australia
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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