Cockburn Sound / by J.S. Roe, Esqr., Survr. Genl.. of the Colony of Western Australia.
With: King Georges Sound with its harbours; from Captn. Flinders' Survey, (1802) improved by documents in the Colonial Office to 1833.
Scale 1 in. = 1.5 nm. [ca.1: 110,000].
[London, Pubd. May 31st 1833, by J. Arrowsmith, 33 East St., Red Lion Square.]
2 maps on 1 sheet : mounted on linen, col. ; 28.5 x 31.0 cm. and 22.5 x 31.0 cm.
Insets: Kingstown (in Rottnest Island).

See KING GEORGES SOUND for a description of the lower chart on this sheet

Description

Shows:

TITLE:

Top left hand side of sheet. Beneath this is found the scale and details of tides.
Then a paragraph follows beneath the scale of nautical directions.

PLATE NO:

None

IMPRINT:

None
The copy seen had no imprint or plate number but appears from the style, layout and internal information to have originated in Arrowsmith's establishment.

INSET:

Kingstown: Shows Kingstown on Rottnest Island.

REFERENCE

Not in Tooley

NOTES

The chart extends from the mouth of the Swan River south to Cape Peron and includes the waters west of Gage Roads and Garden Island.

Key Dates

1826 - 1833

Situation date

31 May 1833

Map Publication Date

Related entries

Timeline

Cockburn Sound, 1833/1
Cockburn Sound, 1833/2
Cockburn Sound, 1840/1

Institutional and Other Holdings

National Library of Australia Map Collection

• Cockburn Sound [cartographic material] : King Georges Sound with its harbours / by J.S. Roe, Esq., Survr. Genl. of the Colony of Western Australia ; from Captn. Flinders survey (1802) improved by documents in the Colonial Office to 1833, MAP NK 11133; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Tooley, Ronald Vere, The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, Holland Press, London, 1985, 649 pp. Details