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C1844
Part of South Australia comprising the settled por…
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured map which extends from South Australia to Queensland and inset of Norfolk Island at lower left. The present state of Victoria is named ‘Australia Felix‘ and Lake Eyre is represented in a horseshoe shaped, with a note stating, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Part of South Australia comprising the settled portions of New South Wales and South Australia.
Date:
C1844
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
390mm
x 265mm
Paper Size:
425mm
x 300mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1844
Description:
Scarce, c.19th hand coloured map which extends from South Australia to Queensland and inset of Norfolk Island at lower left.
The present state of Victoria is named ‘Australia Felix‘ and Lake Eyre is represented in a horseshoe shaped, with a note stating, “the greater part apparently dry on the surface, & consisting of a mixture of soft sand“. At lower right is a list of twenty counties in New South Wales.
New South Wales with 20 counties. Inset of Norfolk Island at lower left.
From: Black, A. & C. Black’s General Atlas, Edinburgh, 1844.
References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 793.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 189.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1798789 (1844 edition)
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991017434519702626 (later edition 1847?)
State Library Victoria: MAPS 805.5 A [later edition 1851] HUGHES
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 :: 793.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 :: 189.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1798789 (1844 edition)
State Library New South Wales: MMS ID 991017434519702626 (later edition 1847?)
State Library Victoria: MAPS 805.5 A [later edition 1851] HUGHES
Adam & Charles Black ( - )
The publishing company A&C Black was founded in 1807 by brothers Adam and Charles Black. Originally established in Edinburgh in 1889 then subsequently moved to Soho Square in London. They published a variety of significant works. Their atlases included Black’s Atlas of North America 1854, Atlas of Australia Including the Goldfields’ (1853), leading onto the most complete collection of finely engraved country and region maps in Black's General Atlas of the World, first published in 1879.
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William Hughes (1817 - 1876)
British cartographer and topographer, born in 1817 and died in 1876. He compiled many maps for a number cartographers including, A & C Black, Blackie & Son, Routledge & Philips.
