North West Coast of Australia - Vandermaelen 1827 A Landmark in Maritime Ethnography

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North West Coast of Australia - Vandermaelen 1827 A Landmark in Maritime EthnographyVandermaelens Map of the North West Coast of Australia (1827) Title: Ocanique. Partie de la Nlle. Hollande. No. 44 Cartographer: Philippe Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen Origin: Brussels, Belgium Date: 1827 Technique: Lithograph with original hand colouring The Narrative: The Scientific Survey of the Australian Wilderness This map tells the story of the transition from early Dutch maritime discovery to the precise scientific surveying of the early 19th