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Title
'Twofold Bay on the east coast of N.w South Wales examined by M. Flinders and R. Simpson Octob. 1798'
Call number
Z M3 883/1798/1
Level of description
series
Date

1801, London: A. Arrowsmith, 1801.
Type of material
Textual Records, Drawings
Reference code
413432
Issue Copy
Microfilm : Z M3 883/1798/1
Physical Description
Drawings - printed, 1 chart - 24.5 x 24.5 cm.
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

Flinders and George Bass set out from Port Jackson on 7 October 1798 in the sloop 'Norfolk', accompanied by the private vessel 'Nautilus' (Captain Bishop, Supercargo Roger Simpson), to circumnavigate Van Diemens Land. They reached Twofold Bay on 9 October, and spent four days surveying the bay.
Scope and Content
This chart shows coordinates, soundings in fathoms, and information on tides and is on one sheet with charts of Port Dalrymple, Western Port and the southernmost of Furneaux's Islands.
General note

Scale: [ca. 1:53 088]
Name
Arrowsmith, Aaron, 1750-1823
Bass, George, 1771-1803
Norfolk (Sloop)
Simpson, Roger
Subject
Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814.
Nautical charts--New South Wales--Twofold Bay.
Twofold Bay (N.S.W.)--Discovery and exploration--British.
Place
Twofold Bay (N.S.W.)
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