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
- Image data
- 1875
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Princeton)
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