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- ↑ Ritchie, G. S. (April 1970), "Developments in British Hydrography Since the Days of Captain Cook", Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Journal, 118 (5165): 270–283
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- ↑ Snowdon, K. J. (1984), "Captain Cook as a Hydrographer", Cook's Log, Captain Cook Society, 7 (4): 290, ISSN 1358-0639 , retrieved 2011-08-10
- ↑ David, Andrew (1993). "Vancouver's Survey Methods and Surveys". In Fisher, Robin; Johnston, Hugh J. M. (eds.). From maps to metaphors: the Pacific world of George Vancouver. Vancouver: UBC Press. pp. 51–68. ISBN 978-0-7748-0470-7.
- ↑ Flinders, Matthew (1814). A Voyage to Terra Australis . Pall Mall: G. and W. Nicol.
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