Lort Stokes collection of maps relating to Australia and the Pacific Ocean
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Title
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Lort Stokes collection of maps relating to Australia and the Pacific Ocean
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Subject
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Australia--Discovery and exploration
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Oceania--Discovery and exploration
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Islands of the Pacific
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Maps
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Discoveries in geography
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French language
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Indonesia
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Category
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1. Settlement
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Keywords
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Pacific ocean
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Creator
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Stokes, J. L. (John Lort), 1812-1885
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Current holder
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National Library of Australia
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Period of reference
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1800 – 1864
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Series number
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MAP Lort Stokes Collection/1-20
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Item number
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834475
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Access rights
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Digitised
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Country of origin
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Australia
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Language
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French
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Description from source
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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.
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Physical format
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Maps