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the British Admiralty
Port Jackson


Certificate of Authentication


This is to certify that the item illustrated and described below is a genuine antique
map, print or book that was first produced and published in 1890, today 134 years ago.
December 3, 2024

Dr Leendert Helmink, Ph.D.
Cartographer(s)

the British Admiralty

First Published

London, 1890

This edition

London, 1949

Size

67 x 130 cms

Technique

Copper engraving

Stock number

19511

Condition

mint

Antique map of Port Jackson by the British Admiralty
Antique map of Port Jackson by the British Admiralty

Description


Very large seminal sea chart of Sydney Harbour, printed and used by the British Admiralty based on information by the New South Wales Government, 1887.

First published in 1890 and frequently updated, here in one of the later updates of 1949, meaning this seminal chart was in use for more than half a century.

Australia - east coast, Port Jackson / compiled by Lieutenants T.F. Pullen and G.W. Gubbins, H.M.S. Lark, from information supplied by the New South Wales Government, 1887, and amended by Lieut. J.D. Nares, R.N., H.M.S. Fantome, 1912-13 ; futher amendments by the Sydney Harbour Trust to 1948

Condition

Pristine collector's condition.