Queensland The Mapping of the Australian East Coast
Map of ‘New South Wales’
In early 1772, Joseph Banks commissioned an engraving of a 1770 chart that traced Captain James Cook’s survey of the coastline of eastern Australia and New Zealand from John Bayly, engraver to the British Museum.
Banks intended the map to highlight the accomplishments of the captain’s first voyage while also promoting Cook’s second expedition by depicting unexplored regions such as the Southern Ocean and polar regions. Banks eventually dropped out of the expedition and instead led an expedition to Iceland.
This is the first printed map that features the eastern coastline of Australia, as well as the islands of New Zealand, and is inscribed with the name New South Wales.
Queensland Map
