Description |
xx, 441 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 25 cm + 9 folded charts, (40 x 27 cm.) inside back cover |
Series |
Second Miegunyah Press series ; 1997 |
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Miegunyah Press series. Series 2 ; no. 16
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Contents |
Loose maps in pocket: A plan of Exmouth Gulf on the north west coast of Australia -- Survey of Port Jackson, New South Wales -- A plan of Cambridge Gulf on the north west coast of Australia -- The north west coast of Australia from Camden Bay to Vansittart Bay -- The entrance of Macquarie Harbour, on the west coast of Van Dieman's Land -- A plan of Admiralty Gulf and Vansittart Bay on the north west coast of Australia -- Plan of Endeavour River -- A plan of Dampier's Archipelago on the north west coast of Australia -- A plan of the Buccaneer's Archipelago and part of the north west coast of Australia |
Summary |
Phillip Parker King was responsible for charting most of the north-west coast of Australia, including Exmouth, Port Essington, and the Alligator, Liverpool and Prince Regent rivers |
Analysis |
Biography |
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Exploration |
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History, 1801-1900 |
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King, Phillip Parker |
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Surveying |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 423-428) and index |
Subject |
King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856.
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King, Phillip P. (Phillip Parker), 1791-1856
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Bathurst (Brigantine)
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Bathurst (Ship)
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Mermaid (Cutter)
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Mermaid (Ship)
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Admirals -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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Surveyors, Marine -- Australia.
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Surveyors, Marine -- Australia -- Biography.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Northern Territory http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035353 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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LC no. |
98164152 |
ISBN |
052284720X |
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