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Subject:  Arrowsmith's maps of Australia 1834-58
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:40:16 +0000
From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]>




Dorothy Prescott, OAM, former map curator of both the University of
Melbourne Library, and of the National Library of Australia, has created
a website to publish the results of her long-standing research into the
evolution of the Australian maps from John Arrowsmith's "London Atlas of
Universal Geography" of 1834 to 1858.
The site documents each individual state of the maps, and details
changes made from previous states, and includes information on worldwide
institutional holdings of the various states.
The maps document the British exploration of Australia, showing
explorer's routes and findings, and slowly filling in the continent, and
removing speculative features.
http://www.asmp.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/


Dr Brendan Whyte
Assistant Curator of Maps
National Library of Australia









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