New South Wales, New Zealand, New Hebrides and the Islands adjacent...
Cartographer:
Wilkinson, Robert
Date of Creation:
1808
Published in ‘Wilkinson’s General Atlas of the World’, 1809, based on the cartographic plates of John Bowles, which Wilkinson acquired after his death, and updated. The map demonstrates the history of European discovery in the South Pacific from the earliest forays of Mendana and de Quiros to the close of the eighteenth century. Significant detail has been added to the map since Wilkinson’s first atlas of 1794 and its scope is significantly expanded. The map includes Van Diemen’s Land and New Zealand to the south, with further details of the Solomon Islands, New Guinea and the New Hebrides to the north.
Like its predecessor, the map includes insets of Norfolk Island, Lord Howe’s Island and Port Jackson. The enrichment of the Port Jackson inset is significant, with coastal details including Port Hacking and Broken Bay; the Cooks, Georges and Parramatta Rivers. The inset shows the extent of settlement in the Sydney basin with the Blue Mountains clearly delineated, and outlying settlements at Toongabbie and the Hawkesbury River marked.