Copy of list by Matthew Flinders being 'Investigators Charts, proposed to be Engraved...', January 1811 (Series 70.08) - No. 0001

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Investigators Charts, proposed to be Engraved in the doub.elep.size the general Scale 4 inches to a degree of Longitude.

 

      General Chart To be reduced to a Scale of 2.º of Longitude to one Inch; including 42.º of Lat. & 72 of Longit. - 1 Sheet
South Coast 1st Sheet  Lon. 115º to 124º.15' as it stands. With K. George's Sound and D' Entrecasteaux's Archipelago at the top: the two last to be reduced.
2d Sheet Lon. 124º to 132º E as it stands
3d  Dº -    131 to 140   -  dº
4th. half Sheet -  139.15 - 143.45  - dº
5th  Sheet  -  142.30 - 151.30  -  dº 
6 Sheet   Large scale of five particular parts some of which will require reducing                                		 5 Sheets
1 half dº.    
East Coast. 1st Sheet in two parts - Lat. 27º to 31º.50' S
32 to 26.50  
2d half Sheet - -  27.45  -  22.15 S
3d Sheet  Lon 146º.35'  to 155º.50' E  - 23.   17.30
4th. half Sheet - Particular parts on a twelve inch Scale.   
5th. half Sheet    Dº.    
All these want no reduction		 2 Sheets
3 half dº.
North Coast 1st Sheet - Torres Strait on a six inch Scale from Lat. 7. 30 to 11. 30 and Long. 140º.40' to 
146. 40 -
2d sheet. Part of the G. of Carpentaria, from Lat. 10º to 18º 30' and Long. 133º to 139º. 15'E. With part of Timor in the left corner.		  

                                                                                                                       
                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                                                                
              

                   

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