Giclee, Map, Australian East Coast, Port Jackson, NSW, 1791, William Dawes, Watkin Tench, New South Wales

"A map of all those parts of the territory of New South Wales which have been seen by any person belonging to the settlement established at Port Jackson in the said territory...respectfully inscribed to Capt. Twiss of the Royal Engineers...by his much obliged and Humble Servant William Dawes"

Archival Limited Edition of the original map published by John Stockdale in Piccadilly, London, September 22nd, 1792 after Captain William Dawes. It depicts the coast from Broken Bay to Botany Bay and the hinterland to the 'Camarthan Mountains', what we now identify as, the Blue Mountains. The annotations on the availability of water, topology, soils condition were acknowledgement to appeal to free setters to the Antipodean colony.  It shows the tracks of explorers, most notably William Dawes, who were mapping the course of the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system and the intended tracks of explorations planned in winter, 1791.   The straightness of the explorers tracks shows their use of the compass course.  They also measured distance by counting their military paces (2200 to the mile!) ~Perry /Prescott, 1996.

Only some of the intended explorations were undertaken and this map was updated in Watkin Tench's publication, "A Complete Account of the Settlement of Port Jackson" published in 1793.

Size of image = 56cm x 46cm (22 1/3 x 18 1/3 inch)

Archival Edition Limited to 300 each image. Issued with numbered certificate