| Summary: | Chart of the southern part of the Pacific Ocean showing the southeastern coastline of mainland Australia (from Brisbane to Adelaide), Tasmania, New Zealand, Clarie (Supposed Land) part of Wilkes Land (discovered by 1837 by French explorer Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville) and south to the coast of Adélie Land in Antarctica also discovered d'Urville and named after his wife. There are also two composite tracks shown for Bass Strait to Cape Horn and Bass Strait to Falkland Islands. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights.; "The publishers respectfully request communications that may tend to the future improvement of this or any of their works."; "The variation is for the year 1867. It is estimated to increase in the western part of the South Pacific about 1 1/2 minutes annually, and in the eastern part of the ocean about 3 minutes. - In about longitude 150°W. the increase is possibly 1 minute."; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm4141.
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