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C1879
A Geological Map of Australia and Tasmania. The Geological lines from R.Brough Smyth’s Sketch Map.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Scarce and very detailed geological map of Australia with colour key of formations at lower centre based on Robert Brough Smyth’s (1830-1889) map. Smyth was a civil servant and mining engineer and in 1860 became secretary for mines at a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Geological Map of Australia and Tasmania. The Geological lines from R.Brough Smyth’s Sketch Map.
Date:
C1879
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Colour printed engraving.
Image Size:
320mm
x 280mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1879
Description:
Scarce and very detailed geological map of Australia with colour key of formations at lower centre based on Robert Brough Smyth’s (1830-1889) map.
Smyth was a civil servant and mining engineer and in 1860 became secretary for mines at a salary of £750. His influence over official mining policy was unrivalled for more than a decade and he helped to standardize leasing regulations. In November 1869 he superintended the establishment of a museum of economic geology, mineralogy and mining and published in Melbourne The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria … Covertly involved in the controversy that led to the disbanding of the Geological Survey in 1869, he became its director on its reinstatement in 1871; he increased its part in the search for and proving of economic mineral and coal deposits.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827-1904)
Apprenticed as a printere and stationer. He founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as “Suanders & Stanford” but was disolved in 1853. He founded “Stanford’s Geographical Establishment” 1857, employing Suanders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquire the John Arrowsmith stock at auction in 1874 and by 1881 his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women, with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant. He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
