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Tracks through the Barrier Reefs by S. Ashmore. Drawn by G.C. Stewart, 1835
Single sheet. Ms. Medium: On backing sheet. Scale: [ca.1:750 000]. Cartographic Note: Graduated. Additional Places: Queensland. Contents Note: 5 tracks in red by Capt Ashmore in 1822, 1 track in red by Capt Billing, ship Argo 1834. Text observations (the lagoon formed by the reef at Bird Is. at low water abounds with sharks and the stingray) and sailing directions, Inset: Sketch of Shoal Bay.
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Object Details
| ID: | G262:6/18 |
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| Collection: | Charts and maps |
| Type: | Chart |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ashmore, Samuel |
| Places: | Queensland |
| Date made: | 1835 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Drawing area 40 x 41cm, on sheet 44 x 45cm. |