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C1887
Plan of the Port of Newcastle reduced from recent …
Mapmaker:
Scarce map of Newcastle from the surveys by Captain F.W. Sidney with a key at lower right listing twenty six businesses, places, government buildings and schools. Note: The map is not from The Newcastle Nautical Almanac published by R.C. Knaggs … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan of the Port of Newcastle reduced from recent Surveys by Officers of the Harbours & Rivers Department.
Date:
C1887
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Small repaired tear at left hand side extending into image, otherwise in good condition. Laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
389mm
x 408mm
Paper Size:
415mm
x 459mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
Scarce map of Newcastle from the surveys by Captain F.W. Sidney with a key at lower right listing twenty six businesses, places, government buildings and schools.
Note: The map is not from The Newcastle Nautical Almanac published by R.C. Knaggs & Com. The Knaggs issued map is identified by the publication line at the top of the map, ‘R.C. Knaggs & Co., Nautical Stationers and Chart- sellers Newcastle N.S.W.’ . The map that is being offered does not have this publication line.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3627047 (1887)
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3627047 (1887)
Frederick William Sidney ( - )
He entered the Navy 17 April, 1833, passed his examination 17 April, 1839 and from 1840 until the summer of 1842 was employed on the Niger expedition in the Soudan and Wilberforce steamers. He was made Lieutenant in 1842. His next appointments were – 20 Dec. 1842, to the Styx steam surveying-sloop, Capt. Alex. Thos. Emeric Vidal, stationed among the Azores – 14 April, 1845, as Additional, after a few months of half-pay, to the Cyclops steam-frigate, Capt. Wm. Fred. Lapidge, on the south-east coast of America – and, 1 Dec. following, in a similar capacity, to the Crocodile 8, Capt. Geo. Lowe, engaged on particular service. He married, in 1842, Miss Sydney, of Newport.
