From Ferdinand von Mueller to Charles Ligar   24 June 1862

Melbourne botanic Garden,

24. June 62

Sir

I have the honor to acknowledge with many thanks the transmission to me of 6 copies of the chart, comprising Mr Gregorys1 last route through N. W. Australia, and which I intend to forward to geographical Institutions in Europe.2

I have the honor to be,

Sir

your most obedient & humble Servant

Ferd. Mueller M.D.

C. W. Ligar Esq &c &c &c

Surveyor General

Francis Gregory.

The National Library of Australia has digitized the map, published as Plate 11, Petermanns geographische Mittheilungen, 1862: see http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-232358812. The chart is mentioned in A. Petermann to M, 28 August 1862, but it is not clear that he received it from M.

Please cite as “FVM-62-06-24a,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/62-06-24a