Ludwig Leichhardt : Overland Expedition in Australia from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, 1844-45 / map produced by Lauren Carter
- Bib ID:
- 6607014
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Carter, Lauren, cartographer
- Edition:
- 1st edition.
- Scale:
- Scale 1:2,500,000 (E 130°00'--E 150°45'/S 10°00'--S 25°00').
- Printer:
- Canberra : Printed by qprint
- Description:
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- Canberra : National Centre of Biography, ANU, [2014]
- ©2014
- 1 map : colour ; 78 x 113 cm. + 1 genealogy table
- Series:
- Exploring Australia series ; no. 1.
- Partial contents:
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- The expedition party
- Peak Range inset
- Arrowsmith's map of New Holland, 1823-40.
- Notes:
-
- Map of northern Australia showing route taken by Ludwig Leichhardt’s overland expedition from Moreton Bay, Queensland, to Port Essington, Northern Territory, 1844-1845. Shows location of campsites, rivers, modern major roads, modern state borders, modern state capitals and modern cities and towns.
- "Maps tracing Leichhardt's route to Port Essington were published in 1846. For this map we have plotted campsite locations and redrawn the route using modern tools and techniques and highly accurate digital base data."--Lower left corner.
- "Data sources: Base map data - Copyright Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2006.".
- Map launched at the National Library of Australia, 30 September, 2014, by Australia's Chief Scientist Professor Ian Chubb and German Ambassador to Australia HE Dr Christoph Müller.
- Includes legend, the Australian Dictionary of Biography’s entry on Leichhardt, text from journals kept by Leichhardt and three members of his party describing expedition and illustrated with photographs and original artworks by Australian artists Katherine Nix and Bill Gannon.
- National Library of Australia's copy donated by Christine Fernon, Online Manager, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
- National Library of Australia's copy 3 is cloth.
- National Library of Australia's copy 4 signed "Ludwig Leichhardt 21.10.14" and was accompanied by a genealogy table.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
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- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848 -- Travel -- Australia, Northern -- Maps
- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848 -- Travel -- Queensland -- Maps
- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848 -- Travel -- Northern Territory -- Maps
- Explorers -- Australia, Northern -- Maps
- Australia, Northern -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
- Queensland -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
- Northern Territory -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
- Australia, Northern -- Maps
- Queensland -- Maps
- Northern Territory -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1844-1845
- Other authors/contributors:
- Copyright Information:
- Copyright The Australian National University 2014
- Copyright:
-
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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