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Title: Map showing the route of the West Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia, from Champion Bay on the west coast to the overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S., 1874

Contributors:

Dates

  • Coverage: 1875

Publishers

  • London : John Murray, 1875.

Summary

Camps along route are numbered and dated. Latitudes of most camps are given. Relief shown by hachures. Includes information on terrain, soil quality, groundwater, and vegetation. Sites of hostile encounters with aborigines are shown. Route of Adelaide-Darwin telegraph line between 24° S and 29° S is shown. From: Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 45 (1875), p. 249-99; held in Firestone Library. Call number: G7 .J687

Subjects

  • Western Australia
  • South Australia
  • Australia—Discovery and exploration—Maps
  • Surveying
  • Telegraph lines—Australia
  • Western Australia—Maps
  • South Australia—Maps
  • Australia—Maps
  • Physical maps
  • Other

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (114.0, 137.0, -24.0, -29.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (114.0, 137.0, -24.0, -29.0)

Provider

Princeton

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Forrest, John Forrest, Baron, 1847-1918. Map showing the route of the West Australian exploring expedition through the centre of Australia, from Champion Bay on the west coast to the overland telegraph line between Adelaide and Port Darwin, commanded by John Forrest, F.R.G.S., 1874. London : John Murray, 1875.. Image data. https://maps.princeton.edu/catalog/princeton-2n49t4207

Format

TIFF

Languages

  • eng