NEW SOUTH WALES. Foot. 1794/1806.
A New and Accurate Map of New South Wales with Norfolk and Lord Howes Islands, Port Jackson &c. from Actual Surveys. Under title:
Engraved by T. Foot. Bottom center:
London. Published Novr. 1st. 1794, by R. Wilkinson, No. 58. Cornhill. 9”w x 10 ¾”h. Small piece missing lower right corner of margin. Image very good. Original color augmented.
Published in A General Atlas being a Collection of Maps of the World....London: Robert Wilkinson, 1800 (but the Contents page is dated 1805 and another map is dated 1806). Engraved by Thomas Foot.
This is a coastal chart of New South Wales, Australia. There are no interior details. New South Wales was discovered in 1770 (24 years before this map was engraved) by Captain James Cook. Its capital, Sydney, was founded in 1788 and is now the largest city in Australia. It is not included on this map but is near Port Jackson.
Botany Bay was the first area settled in Australia (by marines and convicts but they were soon transferred to Port Jackson). Both are shown on the insert at the lower right: “Port Jackson, Botany Bay &c.”
There are two other inserts: “An Accurate Survey of Norfolk Island” and “Ld. Howes Island”.
Norfolk Island, located 930 miles ENE of Sydney, is an external territory of Australia. It was discovered by Capt. Cook in 1774 and used as a British penal colony 1788-1813 (during the period of this map) and again in 1825-1855.
Lord Howe Island is a small island of volcanic origin located 436 miles ENE of Sydney. It was discovered in 1788 by H.M.S Supply, commanded by Lieutenant Ball. The Island was named in honor of Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Howe. The first settlement was in 1833 with the island supplying passing ships with food and water. Palm seeding started about 1878 and eventually became the island's major industry.
