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C1876
Map of the Explorations from Beltana Station (South Australia) to the City of Perth (Western Australia) by Ernest Giles. 1875.
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller (1819 - 1884)
Map recording Gile’s fourth and most important expedition from South Australia to Perth.. Giles had left Thomas Elder’s camel breeding station, Beltana, on 6 May 1875 and covered four thousand kilometres but was disappointed by the results. Although he found … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of the Explorations from Beltana Station (South Australia) to the City of Perth (Western Australia) by Ernest Giles. 1875.
Date:
C1876
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller (1819 - 1884)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
Map recording Gile’s fourth and most important expedition from South Australia to Perth..
Giles had left Thomas Elder’s camel breeding station, Beltana, on 6 May 1875 and covered four thousand kilometres but was disappointed by the results. Although he found little good country, his expeditions added substantially to the knowledge of inland Australia.
Giles succeeded in his cherished aim of making an overland crossing from South Australia to Western Australia in 1875. Equipped with camels by Thomas Elder, he set out from Beltana and went for supplies to Port Augusta from there he proceeded first north-west and then west along a string of waterholes, until he reached the Western Australian border. He then risked a 312-mile (502 km) marathon across the Great Victoria Desert before discovering the Queen Victoria Springs from there he was able to complete his journey to Perth in fairly easy stages.
Mapmaker:
Edward Weller (1819-1884)
Very active English cartographer of which little is known of his personal life although he produced a number of important maps and was elected a member of the Royal Geographical Society.
