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| Layer Id | 714 | Name | Humanitarians in the Antipodes: Embarkation to Hobart via Cape Town |
| Description | A visualisation of the investigative tours of British Quakers, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, who were 'travelling under concern' in the Southern oceans in 1830s. |
Subject Keywords | colonialism, religious society of friends, quakers, colonial history, james backhouse, george washington walker, transnational human rights activism |
| Type | Journey | Creator | Penny Edmonds |
| Contact | penny.edmonds@flinders.edu.au | Source Url | https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/1609421 |
| Language | English | Created At | 2023-09-27 16:41:17 |
| Updated At | 2024-06-18 18:23:00 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/714 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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46 | - |
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Area
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84803414.670129 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((146.3271049 -43.86208303,57.43781539 -40.67881973,-18.12215827 -32.35855198,-20.97954779 -30.06655259,-28.85095152 -20.47401762,-27.000001 0.000001,-21.5222611 23.43461657,-8.389954055 49.05181892,-0.070786732 51.50688425,0.373698513 51.44211291,1.401418885 51.22258635,1.4897 51.1856,147.2400946 -42.73486634,147.3341077 -42.86761379,147.454034 -43.22183251,147.4313705 -43.3597083,147.2909493 -43.54723605,146.3271049 -43.86208303)) | - |
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Density
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5.424309879376E-7 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(73.16902043695653 -19.975312571304347) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((-28.85095152 -43.86208303,-28.85095152 51.50688425,147.454034 51.50688425,147.454034 -43.86208303,-28.85095152 -43.86208303)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Passed by a penguin 'when upwards of 100 miles south of the island of Amsterdam' | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Entered the 'Torrid Zone' | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1831-09-03 | - |
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End Date
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1832-03-02 | - |
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Duration
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0.5 | years |
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Median Date
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1832-01-10 | - |
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Average Date
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1831-12-21 | - |