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A chart of the passage between New Holland and New Guinea as seen in HMS Providence.

Scale: circa 1:750,000 (lat.). Graduated fair sheet of the track of HMS Providence through the Torres Strait, also showing the track of Pandora in 1791. Squared in pencil for reproduction. Soundings in fathoms.

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ID:	FLI/15/1
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Flinders, Matthew
Date made:	1792
Credit:	On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender
Measurements:	Overall: 491 x 613 mm
Parts:	Charts and Copies of Charts for various places including Rio de Janeiro, Tasmania, Port Hunter, New Zealand, New Guinea, the Antipodes Islands and Port St Vincent, 1705-1801 (Manuscript) A chart of the passage between New Holland and New Guinea as seen in HMS Providence. (Chart) (FLI/15/1) Charts of the Friendly Islands, Port St Vincent, New South Wales (Manuscript) (FLI/15/2-6) Charts of Rio de Janeiro, the Antipodes Islands, Port Hunter and Tasmania, 1795-1800 (Manuscript) (FLI/15/7-11) Copies of Charts of New Guinea, 1705; 1801 (Manuscript) (FLI/15/12-13) Copy of a French chart entitled 'Carte Generale de la Terre de Nuyts', showing the area of the Australian coast explored by Rear Admiral D'Entrecasteaux on board the frigate RECHERCHE between 5 December 1792 and 3 January 1793 (Manuscript) (FLI/15/14) Copies of French Charts, 1789-1799 (Manuscript) (FLI/15/15-24)

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