[AUSTRALIA-WA] Buccaneer Archipelago to Redout Island

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Scarce large scale Hydrographic chart of Buccaneer Archipelago region, Western Australia, centred on the town of Broome, with insets at lower right of Lagrange Bay and Beagle Bay. First issued in 1883 with new edition in 1911 and minor corrections 1919.

A note on the charts states; Caution The whole of the coasts of North-western Australia are as yet very imperfectly examined and charted ; and mariner are cautioned accordingly.

From surveys conducted 1818 to 1910 by;
King, Wickham and Stokes
Archdeacon & Coghlan
Moore & Pasco

Collections:
National Library Australia:  Bib ID 6449144 (1954 issue)