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C1933
Northern Sydney Beaches
Scarce early c.20th miniature map of the northern beaches. The map extends from Manly to Ettalong.
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Full Title:
Northern Sydney Beaches
Date:
C1933
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
75mm
x 165mm
Paper Size:
92mm
x 184mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1933
Description:
Scarce early c.20th miniature map of the northern beaches. The map extends from Manly to Ettalong.
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
