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Queensland and British New Guinea
1897
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
New Guinea is divided between British, German and Dutch colonial powers on this map of New Guinea and Australia. There is a line marking the boundary between the British and German spheres of influence. Bays and islands around the coast are named.
Queensland & British New Guinea
c.1894-1897
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
The first two sheets of this eight-sheet map focus on British New Guinea, with German and Dutch colonial areas of New Guinea also shown in part. There is a line marking a proposed change in border between Dutch and British territory.
Sketch map of the head of Collingwood Bay
1892
Papua New Guinea
Map of Collingwood Bay, north coast of New Guinea, with bearings to mountains, bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs. On land, notes on terrain (‘sloping plains’, ‘Stiff clay soil’), vegetation (‘Casuarina trees’) and people (‘FRIENDLY TRIBE’).
Kaiser Wilhelms Land, Bismarck Archipel und Salomon Inseln
1891
Papua New Guinea
Navigation map of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland, in German New Guinea. It features bathymetry (sea depth), reefs and shoals, lighthouses (coloured red and yellow) and landmark mountains. A boundary divides German and British colonial territories on New Guinea.
Map of part of south-east New Guinea embracing its northern and southern waters
1889
Papua New Guinea
This map focuses on the southern coast including the capital Port Moresby, with the northern regions left mostly blank. There are four inset drawings of side views of mountains (elevations), and the border with German New Guinea is marked.
Plan of Port Moresby and the road to the Lolokie River: New Giunea
1887
Papua New Guinea
This map focuses on the capital city of British New Guinea, Port Moresby, and the road heading north-east from the city to the Laloki River. Along the road, there are descriptions of the terrain (‘Open flat fairly grasses timbered with bastard Gum’).
- British New Guinea6
- New Guinea6
- German New Guinea3
- Papua or New Guinea3
- Western New Guinea3
- Dutch New Guinea2
- Kaiser-Wilhelmsland2
- Port Moresby2
- Bismarck Archipel1
- Bismarck Archipelago1
- Collingwood Bay1
- Kaiser Wilhelm's Land1
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- [remove]Intelligence Division, War Office7
- Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane6
- Dietrich Reimer1
- Hydrographischen Amte des Reichs Marine Amts1