Plan of Port Cockburn, between Bathurst and Melville Islands : with view of Fort Dundas, taken from Garden Point
Details:
Title
Plan of Port Cockburn, between Bathurst and Melville Islands : with view of Fort Dundas, taken from Garden Point,
Creator
Roe, John Septimus,
King, Phillip Parker,
Walker, J. & C.,
Collection
MapNT,
PublicationNT,
MapNT,
Date
1825-07,
Description
Detailed survey of King's Cove and Port Cockburn, between Bathurst and Melville Islands, Northern Territory. Relief shown bathymetric soundings.
In lower right margin: J. Walker sculpt.
"From a survey made by Lieutenant J.S. Roe in October, 1824."
Also from: Narrative of a Survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia : performed between the years 1818 and 1822, Volume 2 / King. [London : John Murray, 1824-1826].,
Map scale
Scale not given,
Notes
The Fort Dundas British settlement was established in September 1824 with the goal of developing trade with the Malays (Macassans). It was a short lived failure and was abandoned in February 1829.,
[cartographic material],
Rare Map 293,
Published as the act directs July 1825 by John Murray,
Language
English,
Subject
Port Cockburn (N.T.),
Navigation Maps,
Fort Dundas (N.T.),
Apsley Strait (N.T.),
Navigation Maps,
Publisher name
Published as the act directs July 1825 by John Murray,
Place of publication
London (U.K.),
Format
1 map : copper engraving, illustration ; map 13 x 14 cm, illustration 11 x 5 cm on sheet 22 x 18 cm.,