[AUSTRALIA-QLD] Normanby Sound and Prince of Wales Channel.

Mapmaker:

Hydrographic charting of Australia History ( - )

Mapmaker:

Sir Frederick John Owen Evans (1815 - 1885)

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S/N: HYDRO-0691-QLD-821219–227839

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Full Title:

[AUSTRALIA-QLD] Normanby Sound and Prince of Wales Channel.

Date:

C1882

(1927)

Mapmaker:

Hydrographic charting of Australia History ( - )

Mapmaker:

Sir Frederick John Owen Evans (1815 - 1885)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size:

665mm

x 435mm

Paper Size:

673mm

x 501mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1927

Description:

Rare hydrographic chart of the Queensland coast covering Torres Straits.

First issued 1882 and here corrected to 1912 with minor additions 1919.

Charts issued by the British Hydrographic Office were continually updated and as a consequence seafarers discarded earlier versions, making these charts, rare survivors. The Hydrographic Office first offered it’s chart for sale to the general public through a series of chart agents in 1821.

Hydrographic charting of Australia History ( - )

Naval policy dictated that Admiralty charts be destroyed when superseded to avoid navigational error. It was during Rear Admiral John Washington’s period as the Admiralty’s hydrographer, 1855-1863, that a series of agreements were drawn up with the Australian colonies. These agreements provided boats and crews for use by officers lent from the Royal Navy to chart the coasts and shoal waters in the approaches to the rapidly developing towns, communication with which was seriously hampered by the the frequency of shipwrecks. It had been the discovery of gold and the consequent rush of miners and emigrants from not only England but California that added greatly the numbers of ships sailing to Australia’s east coast. This led to numerous petitions being made to Her Majesty’s Government to chart the eastern approaches to Australia to make for safer passage for shipping.

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Sir Frederick John Owen Evans (1815 - 1885)

Evans was an officer of the Royal Navy. He became a distinguished hydrographer during his career and served as Hydrographer of the Navy. In 1841 Evans was appointed master of HMS Fly, and for the next five years he was employed in surveying the Coral Sea, the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and Torres Straits. Joseph Jukes, the geologist, was on board the Fly, and wrote an account of the expedition.

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