John Oxley Chart of Brisbane River. Hand-coloured Ltd Edn.  E-mail this product to a friend

Plan de la Riviere Brisbane (Nouvelle Hollande)

Chart of the Brisbane River Discovered by John Oxley, Geographical Engineer at Port Jackson, December 1823.

Limited Edition (of 750) reproduction, from a copperplate engraving by Ambroise Tardieu, drawn by Hacq, for Louis Duperrey’s “Voyage autour du Monde..Atlas Hydrographie” published in Paris circa 1824, a narrative of his voyages that included charts of the areas surveyed at that time. Soon after charting the Brisbane River, John Oxley became Surveyor-General of the Australian colony then known as New South Wales.

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This map has the river highlighted by hand-colouring. The black and white map (previous item) is also available.

Map size: 500mm x 740mm (19.75 x 29 inches). Paper size: 570mm x 815mm.