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C1827
Oceanique. Partie de la Nouvelle Hollande. No. 54
Scarce large scale c.19th map of South Australia with a table of historical information at top right from Vandermaelen’s monumental atlas. It was the first atlas produced using lithography. It was also the first atlas in which all the maps … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Oceanique. Partie de la Nouvelle Hollande. No. 54
Date:
C1827
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
540mm
x 470mm
Paper Size:
655mm
x 518mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1827
Description:
Scarce large scale c.19th map of South Australia with a table of historical information at top right from Vandermaelen’s monumental atlas.
It was the first atlas produced using lithography. It was also the first atlas in which all the maps were on the same scale (1:1,641,836) and additionally the maps were designed to be joined into a three-dimensional terrestrial globe with a diameter of approximately 7.75 meters. He built one example of the monumental globe that the maps were designed to create and measured more than 7.01m in diameter.
From: Vandermaelen, Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l’echelle
References:
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 1292.
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 749.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: : 1292.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3359
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: LCCN 2012587601
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 1292.
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 749.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: : 1292.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3359
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: LCCN 2012587601
Phillip Marie Guillaume Vandermaelen (1795 - 1869)
Mapmaker & author of a great number of atlases, maps and dictionaries. His greatest work was “Atlas Universel" published in Brussels & the first atlas on a uniform scale throughout.
