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Forwarded to 'Lis-maps' because of British connections. FH -----Original Message----- From: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, American Geographical Society Library, UW Milwaukee Sent: 16 July 2012 14:13 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Arrowsmith's maps of Australia 1834-58 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Arrowsmith's maps of Australia 1834-58 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 01:40:16 +0000 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> Dorothy Prescott, OAM, former map curator of both the University of Melbourne Library, and of the National Library of Australia, has created a website to publish the results of her long-standing research into the evolution of the Australian maps from John Arrowsmith's "London Atlas of Universal Geography" of 1834 to 1858. The site documents each individual state of the maps, and details changes made from previous states, and includes information on worldwide institutional holdings of the various states. The maps document the British exploration of Australia, showing explorer's routes and findings, and slowly filling in the continent, and removing speculative features. http://www.asmp.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/ Dr Brendan Whyte Assistant Curator of Maps National Library of Australia