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Interesting c.19th map showing the ocean liner routes for Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Company throughout Asia. Map extends from Japan to New Zealand, west to Sumatra and east to Fiji. There is an inset map at top right of … Read Full Description
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Interesting c.19th map showing the ocean liner routes for Eastern and Australian Mail Steam Company throughout Asia. Map extends from Japan to New Zealand, west to Sumatra and east to Fiji. There is an inset map at top right of the Indian Ocean.
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1904)
Stanford was apprenticed as a printer and stationer he founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as "Saunders & Stanford" but it was dissolved in 1853. He then founded "Stanford's Geographical Establishment" 1857, employing Saunders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquired John Arrowsmith's stock at auction in 1874. By 1881 with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant, his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
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