Lort Stokes collection of maps relating to Australia and the Pacific Ocean

Item

Title
Lort Stokes collection of maps relating to Australia and the Pacific Ocean
Subject
Australia--Discovery and exploration
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Islands of the Pacific
Maps
Discoveries in geography
French language
Indonesia
Category
1. Settlement
Keywords
Pacific ocean
Creator
Stokes, J. L. (John Lort), 1812-1885
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Period of reference
1800 – 1864
Series number 
MAP Lort Stokes Collection/1-20
Item number 
834475
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Out of copyright
Country of origin 
Australia
Language
French
Description from source 
20 maps : some colour, some manuscript ; 99.5 x 145.6 cm or smaller Notes: Set of manuscript and printed maps showing Stokes explorations, particularly of Australia. Also includes copies of 5 charts by D'Entrecasteaux of Indonesia captured from the French and kept in the care of Dalrymple. Manuscript chart of Tonga showing the track of Wilson's ship, Duff. Two maps, no. 16 and 17 are fragments only. Letter from Maggs Bros., Ltd., file P21/3/326.
Physical format 
Maps