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John Thornton (d. 1706)
A Draught of the Coast of New Holland and Parts Adjacent, London: [1703]. Engraved chart of Western Australia including Java, southern Borneo and Sumatra, inset detail of "A Draught of Sharks Bay", 39.5 x 20.2cm; together with a single leaf of text from The English Pilot, dated 1702 'June Anno 1681. A Description of Dangerous Rocks and Shoals on the Coast of New-Holland from Cape Falso towards Bantam ...' with inset vignette chart of these shoals.
A very rare English chart of Western Australia taken from John Seller's third book of The English Pilot published in 1703. This rare atlas covered the Dutch East-India Company routes from Europe to Batavia; this particular chart gives a broad outline of the Dutch discoveries along the coast of Western Australia with various soundings and observations augmented by information from Captain Dampier's recent voyage in 1701. NMM 426/185; Tooley The Mapping of Australia 1250;
A Draught of the Coast of New Holland and Parts Adjacent, London: [1703]. Engraved chart of Western Australia including Java, southern Borneo and Sumatra, inset detail of "A Draught of Sharks Bay", 39.5 x 20.2cm; together with a single leaf of text from The English Pilot, dated 1702 'June Anno 1681. A Description of Dangerous Rocks and Shoals on the Coast of New-Holland from Cape Falso towards Bantam ...' with inset vignette chart of these shoals.
A very rare English chart of Western Australia taken from John Seller's third book of The English Pilot published in 1703. This rare atlas covered the Dutch East-India Company routes from Europe to Batavia; this particular chart gives a broad outline of the Dutch discoveries along the coast of Western Australia with various soundings and observations augmented by information from Captain Dampier's recent voyage in 1701. NMM 426/185; Tooley The Mapping of Australia 1250;
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