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Connecting Terra Australis to the world using maps and images as sources of evidence
Lieutenant James Cook
Map: A sketch of Botany Bay in New South Wales
Source: National Library of Australia
Link: A sketch of Botany Bay in New South Wales [cartographic material] : latitude 34°00' S.
​​Map Details
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Title: A Sketch of Botany Bay in New South Wales
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Creator: James Cook
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Date: 1770 (later printed 1893 from original)
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Location: Botany Bay, New South Wales
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Collection: National Library of Australia
Why this map is particularly important
This map shows:
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Point Sutherland (Cook's landing site)
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Point Solander
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Cape Banks
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Depth soundings in Botany Bay
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Anchoring locations of the HMS Endeavour
It is one of the earliest European maps of Australia created after Cook’s landing in April 1770.
Chart of Botany Bay by Lieutenant James Cook. Courtesy National Library of Australia.
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