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Title: Map of the explorations from Beltana Station (South Australia) to the city of Perth (Western Australia) by Ernest Giles 1875

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1876

Publishers

  • London : John Murray, 1876.

Summary

Relief shown by hachures. Routes of Giles's and Tietkens and Young's expeditions are shown. Dates of main expedition from Beltana to Perth are shown. Salt lakes and Great Victorian Desert are shown. Includes information on groundwater, vegetation, and soil quality. Coastline of Great Australian Bight shown north of 33° S. From: The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 46 (1876), pp. 328-57; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687 v. 46 1876

Subjects

  • Australia
  • Australia—Discovery and exploration—Maps
  • Groundwater—Australia
  • South Australia—Maps
  • Western Australia—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (114.833333, 139.166667, -28.0, -33.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (114.833333, 139.166667, -28.0, -33.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Giles, Ernest, d. 1897. Map of the explorations from Beltana Station (South Australia) to the city of Perth (Western Australia) by Ernest Giles 1875. London : John Murray, 1876.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-j38609446

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng