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C1898
Eastern Part of West Australia / Illustrating the Route of the Exploration by The Hon. David W. Carnegie 1896-7.
Mapmaker:
Scarce map of the inland exploration between Coolgardie & Kimberley by the Hon. David Wynford Carnegie (1871-1900). Carnegie had mounted an expedition for an inland crossing of Western Australia from south to north. Planning to establish the nature of the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Eastern Part of West Australia / Illustrating the Route of the Exploration by The Hon. David W. Carnegie 1896-7.
Date:
C1898
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Left margin extended, otherwise in good condition.
Image Size:
259mm
x 380mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1898
Description:
Scarce map of the inland exploration between Coolgardie & Kimberley by the Hon. David Wynford Carnegie (1871-1900).
Carnegie had mounted an expedition for an inland crossing of Western Australia from south to north. Planning to establish the nature of the country between the 1874 route of (Sir) John Forrest and the 1872-73 route of Warburton, he was concerned particularly with gold and the possibility of a direct stock route between the Kimberley district and Coolgardie. His four companions were Joseph Breaden of Central Australia and his Aboriginal servant Warri, Godfrey Massie of Sydney and Charles Stansmore of Perth. Eight pack-camels carried five months provisions and the necessary equipment. They started from Coolgardie on 9 July 1896 and intersected Forrest’s route at Mount Worsnop 280 miles away. The expedition reached Halls Creek on 4 December.
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Stanford was apprenticed as a printer and stationer he founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as "Saunders & Stanford" but it was dissolved in 1853. He then founded "Stanford's Geographical Establishment" 1857, employing Saunders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquired John Arrowsmith's stock at auction in 1874. By 1881 with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant, his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
