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C1866
Karte von Australien
Mapmaker:
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834 - 1913)
Map of Australia with insets of New Zealand, Port Phillip and Port Jackson. With extensive detail up to the early 1860’s. A number explorers routes are noted, McDouall Stuart’s exploration of the Northern Territory in 1862. From, Meyerʹs, Handatlas der … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Karte von Australien
Date:
C1866
Mapmaker:
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834 - 1913)
Condition:
Repaired tear to left and lower margin just into map surface, small repaired hole otherwise in good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
440mm
x 330mm
Paper Size:
480mm
x 370mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1866
Description:
Map of Australia with insets of New Zealand, Port Phillip and Port Jackson. With extensive detail up to the early 1860’s. A number explorers routes are noted, McDouall Stuart’s exploration of the Northern Territory in 1862.
From, Meyerʹs, Handatlas der neuesten Erdbeschreibung in 100 Karten.
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID3537962
Mapmaker:
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834-1913)
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834-1913) was a German-English geographer and cartographer. He spent most of his adult life in England. When he was 18 years old he became a pupil of Dr. August Heinrich Petermann the famous cartographer and publisher. He was in the service of the Topographical Department of the British War Office for 20 years, from 1855 to 1875. A long-serving member of the councils of the Royal Statistical and Royal Geographical Societies, he was also Professor of Geography at Bedford College in 1882–83. He was the first to receive the Victoria gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1902) for “his efforts during 40 years to introduce scientific methods into the cartography of the United Kingdom”. His geographical statistics and projections were respected and used as a basis for official planning at the time.
