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C1863
Festland von Australien und benachbarte Inseln.
Detailed German map of Australia and New Zealand from Stieler’s Hand-Atlas. List of counties in WA 26, NSW 24, VIC (Australia Felix) 22, VDL 11, VIC (Australia Felix) 22 and SA 8. The Darling River also has the aboriginal name for … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Festland von Australien und benachbarte Inseln.
Date:
C1863
Engraver:
John George Justus Perthes
(1822 –
1878)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
400mm
x 320mm
Paper Size:
466mm
x 385mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1863
Description:
Detailed German map of Australia and New Zealand from Stieler’s Hand-Atlas.
List of counties in WA 26, NSW 24, VIC (Australia Felix) 22, VDL 11, VIC (Australia Felix) 22 and SA 8. The Darling River also has the aboriginal name for the river “Karalua” and Victoria is named “Australia Felix.” Sturt’s exploration in central Australia 1844-6 are noted, Gregory’s 1846 tracks in Western Australia are marked as are Leichardt’s in 1845. Neither Northern Territory or Queensland are delineated and (Queensland shown prior to separation from New South Wales in 1859).
From Stieler’s, A. Hand Atlas. Gotha, Germany.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 6850116 (1871 edition)
State Library Victoria: SLV_VOYAGER3661362
State Library New South Wales: R.I. 74VKVELObVlg
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 2507.119
Johann George Justus Perthes (1749 - 1816)
Perthes was a map publisher born in 1749 at Rudofstadt and died at Gotha in 1816. He founded the firm of Perthes, which was one of the most dominant in Germany for the spread of geographical knowledge. It continued publishing into the C20th under Joachim Perthes (1889-1954).
