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C1904
(1941)
[AUSTRALIA-WA] Western Australia Swan River North Fremantle to Perth Surveyed by Commander L.S.Dawson, R.N.
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Spectacular and rare hydrographic chart of the Swan River area, extending from North Fremantle to Perth, Western Australia, first issued in 1904 with later corrections to 1941. The regular updating of Hydrographic charts by the Hydrographic Office was to ensure … Read Full Description
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[AUSTRALIA-WA] Western Australia Swan River North Fremantle to Perth Surveyed by Commander L.S.Dawson, R.N.
Date:
C1904
(1941)
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
980mm
x 665mm
Paper Size:
1015mm
x 710mm
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Genuine antique
dated:
1941
Description:
Spectacular and rare hydrographic chart of the Swan River area, extending from North Fremantle to Perth, Western Australia, first issued in 1904 with later corrections to 1941.
The regular updating of Hydrographic charts by the Hydrographic Office was to ensure that commanders of ships, pilots and other mariners were able to have the most to up to date information available to safely navigate foreign waters and ports as new information of changes to sea depths, sand bars, wrecks or other any other pertinent nautical information that could hinder passage became available. As updated charts were offered for sale, the earlier outdated charts in the hands of mariners, pilots, ships owners and sailors were invariably discarded, subsequently making all British Admiralty issued hydrographic charts of the period rare.
Llewellyn Styles Dawson (1859 - 1921)
Llewellyn Styles Dawson (1848-1921) Served as a midshipman on the surveying ships, HMS Medina and HMS Hydra from 1836-1865 in the Mediterranean. Then he was stationed on the HMS Sylvia and HMS Serpent on the coasts of China and Japan. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1869, he successfully surveyed the waters of Yangtze. In 1872, he led the search expedition for Livingstone, but resigned after six months. In 1873 he was assigned to Moresby to explore the coasts of New Guinea and was in 1875 placed in command of HMS Renard and later the HMS Alacrity, to survey Fiji Islands. In 1881 he was selected to be in charge of the reorganised Marine Survey of India and was specially promoted to commander. He was reassigned to the command of HMS Sylvia in 1885 to survey the coasts of Africa, Spain, Turkey and Greece in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. By 1889 he was in command of the HMS Rambler at Thursday Island, and worked in the Torres Strait. His last naval appointment was in 1895, to survey the coasts of Western Australia. He retired as a captain in 1897 and died on December 8, 1921. His memoirs were published in 1885 'Memoirs of Hydrography'. Lieutenant and later Commander, Royal Navy.
