A general chart of the Indian and part of the Pacific Oceans, shewing the various passages to & from China, Australia, New Zealand, &c.


A general chart of the Indian and part of the Pacific Oceans, shewing the various passages to & from China, Australia, New Zealand, &c.

Item Information

Title:
A general chart of the Indian and part of the Pacific Oceans, shewing the various passages to & from China, Australia, New Zealand, &c.
Cartographer:
Hobbs, J. S. (John Stratton)
Publisher:
Wilson, Charles, active 1888
Name on Item:
carefully constructed & compiled from the most approved observations and modern surveys, by J.S. Hobbs, F.R.G.S. Hydrographer
Date:
1857
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Nautical charts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Australasia--Maps
Indian Ocean--Maps
Pacific Ocean--Maps
Asia--Maps
Nautical charts--Australasia
Nautical charts--Asia
Places:
Australasia (area)
Asia
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Extent:
1 map ; 105 x 196 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Published as the Act directs, March 1st 1850, by Charles Wilson (late J.W. Norie & Wilson) at the Navigation Warehouse and Naval Academy No. 157 Leadenhall Street
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:10,000,000 at equator
Language:
English
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
"Additions 1857."
Insets: Bombay Harbour -- [Hong Kong] -- Port Louis, Mauritius -- Algoa Bay -- Anchorage at Simon's Bay.
Includes notes, 7 coastal views and illustration of C. Agulhas lighthouse.
Also shows ship tracks.
Includes manuscript ship tracks, and dates and locations of whale encounters in pencil.
Notes (citation):
Tooley, R.V. Printed maps of Australia, 717
Identifier:
06_01_015439
Call #:
G9181.P5 1857 .H63
Barcode:
39999085936068