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C1832
Western Australia, from the Latest Documents Received in the Colonial Office, 1832.
Mapmaker:
Rare map of south west, Western Australia by John Arrowsmith with detailed information on the early explorations by Bannister, Dale, Collie, Currie, Preston and Roe (Surveyor General), dated September, 1832. This is the earliest map to record the renaming of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Western Australia, from the Latest Documents Received in the Colonial Office, 1832.
Date:
C1832
Mapmaker:
Condition:
Upper left margin expertly reinstated. Note: the left margin is usually trimmed to the neat line or is missing, without the usual offsetting, otherwise in good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
325mm
x 375mm
Paper Size:
337mm
x 397mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1832
Description:
Rare map of south west, Western Australia by John Arrowsmith with detailed information on the early explorations by Bannister, Dale, Collie, Currie, Preston and Roe (Surveyor General), dated September, 1832. This is the earliest map to record the renaming of the state from Swan river Colony as it was originally known, the renaming was made on 6 February 1832.
Bannister: Tracks of the on overland route established by Capt. Thomas Bannister’s from Fremantle to the south coast at Albany in Feb. 1831.
Dale : Tracks east and north by Ens. R. Dale in Oct. 1830 and 1831 of the Swan, Helena and Avon valleys.
Collie : Tracks of Dr. A. Collie south to the Bay du Geographe in 1829. Route from Albany north to the ranges and back in 1832 also marked.
Convicts : Uncertain track of convicts from King Georges Sound, north-west to the Vasse Inlet in 1830 appears.
Currie : Tracks of Capt. M. J. Currie’s [1829] south from Cockburn Sound to Peel Inlet and returning.
Preston : Tracks west in 1831 along the south coast to Green Pt. by boat after disembarking from H.M.S. Sulphur just east of Rame Pt (Irwin Inlet) where his boat was wrecked. From this point the journey was overland via Augusta, Vasse Inlet and up the west coast to the Murray River and north to Cockburn Sound.
Roe : Tracks of the Surveyor General, John Septimus Roe (1797-1878), 1830 tracks exploring the Preston and Collie rivers flowing into Leschenault Inlet.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3597637
State Library of Western Australia: slwa_b1809798_2
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3597637
State Library of Western Australia: slwa_b1809798_2
John Arrowsmith (1790 - 1873)
Arrowsmith was an important English cartographer who flourished at a time of rapid British colonial expansion. Arrowsmith was born at Winston, County Durham. In 1810 he moved to London and worked his uncle Aaron Arrowsmith in his mapmaking business in London. After his uncle died in 1823 he set up on his own account. A founding member of the Royal Geographical Society 4th August 1830 and became unofficial cartographer for the society for forty three years. He took over the old Arrowsmith premises at 10 Soho Square after the death of his cousin Samuel Arrowsmith in 1839, buying the old Arrowsmith plates, manuscripts and copyrights at auction.
