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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cape Weymouth to Cape York, vicinity; five items...
Catalogue reference: ADM 344/1701
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Australia, NE Coast: Queensland: Cape Weymouth to Cape York, vicinity; five items on one sheet: item 1, 'Mount Adolphus Islands N by W 11 Miles'; item 2, 'North Shadwell Point NW 45 Miles'; item 3, 'Horned Hill - Prince of Wales Island SE by S'; item 4, 'Albany Island'; item 5, litho-print 'Pl XII' showing 'Cape Direction', 'Cape Weymouth', 'Forbes Isles', 'Haggerstone Isle', 'Sir Everard Home's Islands and 'Albany Isles'
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- Folio 6B, item 39, page 40; Australia Pilot vol. III (Nautical Papers 15), pages 422-477
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