C1916

Sketch Plan of the North-West Coast of Australia to Accompany A Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration by Dr. Herbert Basedow 1916.

Mapmaker:

Herbert Basedow (1881 - 1903)

$A 750

Rare map of the northwest coast of Australia. The map shows the route of Herbert Basedow’s the expedition of and exploration of north west Western Australia in 1916. As leader in a search for munition minerals in the northern Kimberley area, … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Sketch Plan of the North-West Coast of Australia to Accompany A Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration by Dr. Herbert Basedow 1916.

Date:

C1916

Mapmaker:

Herbert Basedow (1881 - 1903)

Condition:

In good condition with folds as issued, laid onto archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size:

755mm

x 485mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1916

Description:

Rare map of the northwest coast of Australia.

The map shows the route of Herbert Basedow’s the expedition of and exploration of north west Western Australia in 1916. As leader in a search for munition minerals in the northern Kimberley area, he found time to gather valuable ethnological data on this area.

Includes inset: Geological sketch plan of North-West coast of Australia.

Collections: National Library of Australia, Libraries Australia ID 48094166

From the Accompanying report of the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australia), 1916-17 Vol. XVIII

Herbert Basedow (1881 - 1903)

Basedow was a member of the South Australian Government North-West Prospecting Expedition, led by L. A. Wells. he studied natural history and geology, and compiled a detailed journal on the Aboriginals, collecting a vocabulary of about 1500 words of the Aluridja (Western Desert) and Aranda languages. Next year he published anthropological notes on the journey and in 1915 his full journal appeared, containing outstanding photographs of tribal Aboriginals.

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