WA1a"Partie de la N Hollande", Western Australia
Map of Shark Bay from his voyage in 1699. The map shows profiles of Dirk Harog Is, Peron peninsula, Bernier and Dorre Islands
Dampier visited WA shores in 1688 and 1699. Dampier, a reformed pirate, published an account of his buccaneering voyages in 1697, gaining himself a better reputation. He used it be get the command of HMS Roebuck on an expedition to explore Australia, which set out in 1699. He anchored in Shark's Bay in July, but was unable to find any fresh water or provisions. With his crew suffering from scurvy he left Australia for Timor, then sailed to New Guinea, finding and naming New Britain, as marked on this map. The low morale and poor condition of his ship made Dampier turn for home, after re-provisioning in Batavia. Having passed the Cape of Good Hope his ship spang a leak, but it managed to reach Ascension Island, where it was beached and abandoned. His crew was stuck on the desolate island until they were picked up by a home-bound fleet. This map comes from a French edition of his "Voyage to New Holland, &C", published in London 1703.The maps and natural history engravings from the account of the voyage were somewhat naive but that is due to the early production. Broome in Bedford Park facing Roebuck (named after his ship) Bay, their is a monument to Dampier in the form of a carved Sea chest that was presented to Broome in 1938 ( a dash of local interest).
Published Paris, c.1705
Condition = Excellent printed on "Laid Paper".
Size of page = 94mm x 165 mm
Price AUD$155
WA1"Western Australia"
Original colour Printed Engraving with an inset of Perth in top left corner.
Published Sydney 1885
Condition = Excellent with original fold across middle
Size of image = 61cm x 37cm
Price AUD$110
WA2"Western Australia"
Admiral Sir Frederick George Denham Bedford G.C.B., K.C.B.
Orignal Chromolithograph by Sir Leslie Ward (SPY) for Vanity Fair.
Published London by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son
Size = 25.5 cm x 38cm
For more information see Vanity Fair
Condition = Good
Price = AUD$135
WA3 Western Australia and Goldfields-with insets of the Kimberleys and Perth SOLD
WA4"Indian Ocean and Perimeter, showing Aisa and Western Australia"
Original had coloured steel engraving by James and Charles Walker
Published by The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, London c.1853
Size of image = 27 cm x 28cm
Price= AUD$200
Condition = Excellent
WA5"Australia"
Original colour Printed Engraving
Published Sydney c.1885
Size of image 61cm x 37cm
price = AUD$100
Condition = Excellent with original fold in middle
WA6"Australia"
Showing existing and proposed railways as well as areas in the eastern stateswhich naturally drain to South Australia. at Port Darwin we can see the Submarine cable joining to the 'London & Adelaide Telegraph Line' and names Port George and Camden Harbour on the upper west coast.
Original colour -printed engraving
Published London c.1885
Size of image = 40cm x 32cm
Price= AUD$125
Condition = Good- with original fold and small tear in mid left edge
WA7"Pearl Fisheries, Torres Straits"
Original wood engraving by F.J.King after J.R.Ashton
Published Sydney c.1885
Size of image = 18 cm x 28cm
Price= AUD$55 or
$80 with hand colouring
Condition = Excellent
WA7a"The Pearl Fleet"
Original wood engraving after J.R.Ashton
Published Sydney c.1885
Size of image = 252mm x 130mm
Price= AUD$55 or
$80 with hand colouring
Condition = Excellent
WA8"Baobab Tree in the Kimberley District"
Original wood engraving.
Published Sydney c.1885
Size of image = 23 cm x 16cm
Price= AUD$55 or
$80 with hand colouring
Condition = Excellent
WA9Geiki Canon, Fitzroy River
Original wood engraving, by William Muller
Published c.1885
Size of image = 18 cm x 12cm
Price= AUD$30 or
$55 with hand colouring
Condition = Excellent
WA11On the Roper River
Original wood engraving,
Published c.1885
Size of image = 18 cm x 12cm
Price= AUD$55 or
$80 with hand colouring
Condition = Excellent