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William Westall (1781 - 1850)
Rare coastal profile from sheet XVIII of Flinders hydrographic atlas. Flinders log Saturday 21 August 1802; Part of the Harvey’s Isles of captain Cook, of which, and of the main coast as far as Island Head, Mr. Westall made a sketch … Read Full Description
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Rare coastal profile from sheet XVIII of Flinders hydrographic atlas.
Flinders log Saturday 21 August 1802;
Part of the Harvey’s Isles of captain Cook, of which, and of the main coast as far as Island Head, Mr. Westall made a sketch (Atlas, Pl. XVIII. View 7). image At half past nine, when we tacked from Harvey’s Isles, I was surprised to see trees upon them resembling the pines of Norfolk Island; none such having been before noticed upon this coast, nor to my knowledge, upon any coast of Terra Australis. Pines were also distinguished upon a more southern islet, four miles off, the same which had been the northern extreme at the preceding noon; and behind it was a deep bight in the land where there seemed to be shelter. The breeze had then shifted to south, and the Lady Nelson being to windward, the signal was made for her to look for anchorage; but the brig being very leewardly, we passed her and stood into the bight by an opening between the islets of one mile wide and from 10 to 7 fathoms in depth. On the soundings decreasing to 5, we tacked and came to an anchor near the pine island in the entrance, in 7 fathoms coarse sand, exposed between N. 75° and S. 23° E, and the wind was then at south-east; but having a fair passage by which we could run out to the northward., in case of necessity, I did not apprehend any danger to the vessels.
Artist:
William Westall (1781-1850)
Westall was a Royal Academy artist appointed to Mathew Flinders voyage at 19 years of age. His method of drawing topographical views was to rule up his drawing sheets in a grid pattern to obtain an accurate perspective.
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