Description
Scarce C.18th map showing the route of the convict ship, Scarborough from Sydney towards China and coastal profiles of several islands including Lord Howe and Norfolk. The Scarborough was a 418 ton ship, captained by John Marshall, which carried 208 male convicts as part of the First Fleet to Botany Bay. After transporting the convicts, Marshall sailed to China and charted the previously unknown Gilbert and Marshall islands, the latter which were originally named Lord Mulgrave’s Range.
