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C1848
Australasia and Polynesia.
Mapmaker:
Detailed and finely engraved map extending from south east Asia to Tahiti, with inset map of Singapore. Australia includes the recent explorations of Charles Sturt in 1846. From: Bett’s Family Atlas John Bett’s (1803?-1889) Bett’s was a bookseller, publisher of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Australasia and Polynesia.
Date:
C1848
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
630mm
x 375mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1848
Description:
Detailed and finely engraved map extending from south east Asia to Tahiti, with inset map of Singapore. Australia includes the recent explorations of Charles Sturt in 1846.
From: Bett’s Family Atlas John Bett’s (1803?-1889) Bett’s was a bookseller, publisher of maps, atlases, globes, games and stationary London.
John Betts (1803 - 1889)
Betts was a London bookseller, publisher of maps, atlases, globes, games and stationary. Born in Islington, London about 1803 and apprenticed to William Darton. His apprenticeship premium of fifteen pounds was given by the Quakers of Devonshire House and thirty pounds paid by instalments by the Committee of Friends School, Islington Road. He was elected Fellow Royal Geographical Society in 1839. In 1856 he was granted a patent for improvements in the preparation or manufacture of artificial spheres and again in 1858 for improvements in obtaining surfaces on which to print maps and other designs. He published A Family Atlas and the series, Sixpenny Maps. He was retired by 1881.
