Plan of Byrons Harbour on St. Cruz Island, 1767 ; Swallow or Water Bay on St. Cruz Island, 1767 [cartographic material] / Harmar, sculp
- Bib ID:
- 4929603
- Format:
- Map
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scales differ (E 165°59'--E 166°03'/S 10°40'--S 10°41')
- Description:
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- [London : 'Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by A. Dalrymple, Augt. 7th. 1782
- 2 maps on 1 sheet ; 12.8 x 20.0 cm. and 12.7 x 20 cm. on sheet
- Full contents:
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- Plan of Byrons Harbour on St. Cruz Island, 1767 : variation 10°E is allowed. Scale of half a nautic mile, [ca. 1:51,000]
- Swallow or Water Bay on St. Cruz Island, 1767 : variation 10°E is allowed. Scale [ca. 1:90,000].
- Biography/History:
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During Philip Carteret's Pacific expedition of 1767, both Byrons Harbour [later known as Byron Bay] and Swallow Bay, lying on the northern side of Santa Cruz Island, were mapped.
- Notes:
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- Nautical chart of Byrons Harbour [now known as Byron Bay] and Swallow or Water Bay [known now as Swallow Bay] on St. Cruz Island in the Solomon Islands. Relief shown by depth soundings.
- Oriented with south at top of each map.
- At top right of lower map appears the logo of the British Hydrographical Office.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232479266
- Cited In:
- Guide to maps of Australia in books published 1780-1830 : an annotated cartobibliography / compiled by T.M. Perry and Dorothy F. Prescott. Canberra : National Library of Australia, 1996. Ref. 1782.A01, p. 217-218.
- Subject:
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- Carteret, Philip, -1796 -- Travel -- Solomon Islands -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Byron Bay (Solomon Islands) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Swallow Bay (Solomon Islands) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Santa Cruz Islands (Solomon Islands) -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
- Time Coverage:
- 1767
- Other authors/contributors:
- Harmar, T. (Thomas), Florida 1781-1814
- Copyright:
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- 1782
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- Publication date:
- 1782
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