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Torres sighting Cape York, 1606, (1886). Artist: Julian Ashton
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Title:
Torres sighting Cape York, 1606, (1886). Artist: Julian Ashton
Caption:
Luis Vaez de Torres sighting Cape York, 1606, (1886). Cape York Peninsula in Queensland is the northernmost extremity of Australia. Luis Vaez de Luis Vaez de Torres, a Portuguese seaman, is known for the first recorded navigation of the strait which separates Cape York from the island of New Guinea, and which was named after him (Luis Vaez de Torres Strait). Wood engraving from 'Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, Vol I', by Andrew Garran, illustrated under the supervision of Frederic B Schell, (Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co, 1886).
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Image size:
5629 x 3105 px | 50.0 MB
Print size:
47.7 x 26.3 cm | 18.8 x 10.3 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
17TH CENTURY • 19TH CENTURY • ANDREW GARRAN • ANDREW • ASHTON • AUSTRALASIA • AUSTRALIA • AUSTRALIAN • B & W • B / W • B W • B&W • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CAPE YORK PENINSULA • CENTURY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • ENGRAVING • EXPLORATION • FREDERIC B SCHELL • FREDERIC B • GALLEON • GARRÁN • GEOGRAFIA • GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURE • GEOGRAPHY • JULIAN ASHTON • JULIAN R ASHTON • JULIAN R • JULIAN ROSSI ASHTON • JULIAN ROSSI • JULIAN • LOCATION • LUIS VAEZ DE TORRES • LUIS VAEZ DE • LUÍS VAZ DE TORRES • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OCEANIA • PENINSULA • PORTUGAL • PORTUGUESE • QUEENSLAND • SAILING SHIP • SCHELL • SEA • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • SHIP • SHIPS • TORRES STRAIT • TORRES • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORTATION • WATER TRANSPORT • WOOD ENGRAVING
