C1962

Historic Buildings and Landmarks City of Sydney / Sydney and Environs

Mapmaker:

Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)

$A 850

Wonderful c.20th pictorial map of Sydney with an extensive key at bottom. The map is dived into two panels, greater Sydney on the left and the CBD and lower north shore on the right. Additionally there eight smaller inset plans; … Read Full Description

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S/N: ROBI-121-TP-NS-1962–458080

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Categories: Town Plans, New South Wales, MAPS & GLOBES, AUSTRALIA, Sydney

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Full Title:

Historic Buildings and Landmarks City of Sydney / Sydney and Environs

Date:

C1962

Mapmaker:

Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size:

843mm

x 540mm

Paper Size:

885mm

x 580mm

Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:

1962

Description:

Wonderful c.20th pictorial map of Sydney with an extensive key at bottom.

The map is dived into two panels, greater Sydney on the left and the CBD and lower north shore on the right. Additionally there eight smaller inset plans;
Darling Point, Parramatta, Hunters Hill, Vaucluse, Liverpool, Campbelltown, Windsor and Richmond.

Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)

Robinson was a founder of the (Royal) Geographical Society of Australasia in 1885, a member of the Geographical Society of New South Wales in the late 1920s and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. He made many valuable contributions to geographical science and was a delegate to the 1923 Sydney Regional Plan Convention. A friend and technical collaborator of Professor Sir Edgeworth David, he helped to produce David's monumental large-scale Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1932. His draughtsmen also produced the maps for Donald Mackay's important aerial surveys of Australia from 1930. 1895 Wentworth Court-Robinson set up his own map-publishing business 1906 Phillip Street 1913 Permanent location at 221-223 George Street. 1917 H. E. C. Robinson Ltd was officially incorporated

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