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

SubjectAustralia–Discovery and exploration
Oceania–Discovery and exploration
Islands of the Pacific
Maps
Discoveries in geography
French language
Indonesia
Category1. Settlement
KeywordsPacific ocean
CreatorStokes, J. L. (John Lort), 1812-1885
Current HolderNational Library of Australia
Period Of Reference1800/1864
Series Number MAP Lort Stokes Collection/1-20
Item Number 834475
Access RightsDigitised
RightsOut of copyright
Country Of Origin Australia
LanguageFrench
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
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