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C1876
Map of the Explorations from Beltana Sta…
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Scarce c.19th map recording Ernest Gile’s fourth and most important expedition from South Australia to Perth. Giles had left Thomas Elder’s camel breeding station, Beltana, on 6 May 1875 and covered four thousand kilometres but was disappointed by the results. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of the Explorations from Beltana Station (South Australia) to the City of Perth (Western Australia) by Ernest Giles. 1875.
Date:
C1876
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour, with original outline hand colouring.
Image Size:
695mm
x 175mm
Paper Size:
730mm
x 211mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1876
Description:
Scarce c.19th map recording Ernest Gile’s fourth and most important expedition from South Australia to Perth.
Giles had left Thomas Elder’s camel breeding station, Beltana, on 6 May 1875 and covered four thousand kilometres but was disappointed by the results. Although he found little good country, his expeditions added substantially to the knowledge of inland Australia.
Giles succeeded in his cherished aim of making an overland crossing from South Australia to Western Australia in 1875. Equipped with camels by Thomas Elder, he set out from Beltana and went for supplies to Port Augusta from there he proceeded first north-west and then west along a string of waterholes, until he reached the Western Australian border. He then risked a 312-mile (502 km) marathon across the Great Victoria Desert before discovering the Queen Victoria Springs from there he was able to complete his journey to Perth in fairly easy stages.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Number 87/205 , 87/206 , 980.1/242A1
State Library South Australia: 994T G472
State Library New South Wales: Call Number 87/205 , 87/206 , 980.1/242A1
State Library South Australia: 994T G472
Edward Weller (1819 - 1884)
Distinguished British cartographer, engraver, and publisher whose work contributed significantly to the popular dissemination of geographic knowledge in the mid to late c.19th. Active during a period of rapid expansion in global exploration and imperial cartography, Weller became one of the foremost mapmakers associated with The Weekly Dispatch Atlas and later the London Atlas of Universal Geography, works that brought high-quality maps to a broad middle-class readership.
Born in London in 1819, Weller trained as a draughtsman and engraver in an era when advances in lithography and steel-plate engraving were transforming the mapmaking industry. By the 1840s, he had established himself at 34 Red Lion Square, Holborn, where he operated as an engraver, draughtsman, and publisher. His early work included finely engraved maps for a variety of publishers and periodicals, but he rose to prominence through his long association with the publisher Cassell, Petter & Galpin.
Edward Weller’s contributions helped standardise mid-Victorian cartographic design and facilitated public engagement with geography through affordable, well-made maps. He remained active in London until his death in 1884. His output represents a bridge between the artisanal engraving traditions of the early nineteenth century and the industrial lithographic production that came to dominate the later Victorian period.
