Map of British New Guinea

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Map of British New Guinea, focusing on the sea (islands, shoals, reefs), coast (settlements, bays), mountains and land (‘dense forest’, ‘timbered with Eucalyptus’). Inset maps of Port Moresby, Samarai Island, and the whole island of New Guinea.

Details
Date
1892
Printer/Publisher
Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane
Publication Location
Brisbane
Attributes

Contour Lines/Elevation

Longitude and Latitude

Scale

Insets

Inset Map

Coat of Arms

Features

Kampong/Village

Port

River

Race/Ethnicity

Colonial Possessions

Mountain/Volcano

Jungle/Wooded Area

Reef

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Title
Map of British New Guinea. [Inset] Map illustrating the whole of New Guinea at 1:5,400,000 [cartographic material].
Publication Date
1892
Map Data
Scale 1:1,000,000 & 1:5,400,000.
Format
3 maps
Extent
2 scans.
Additional Information
Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane
Publisher Details
[S.l.] : Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane
Subjects
Papua New Guinea -- Maps; Maps
Shelfmark
D44 (111)
Permalink
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/1vrc72e/oxfaleph020233655
Aleph System Number
20233655
Miscellaneous Notes

General Note: Cylindrical projection: International boundaries: Hachures: Heights.
Copy-specific Notes

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: D44 (111) Provenance note: Donation.

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