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C1943
Philippine Is.
Very detailed large scale C20th map by H.E.C. Robinson, made soon after the occupation of Manila by the Japanese on April 10th, 1942. There is an inset at top right of the western Pacific and Australia below the title showing … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Philippine Is.
Date:
C1943
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
715mm
x 965mm
Paper Size:
760mm
x 1015mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1943
Description:
Very detailed large scale C20th map by H.E.C. Robinson, made soon after the occupation of Manila by the Japanese on April 10th, 1942. There is an inset at top right of the western Pacific and Australia below the title showing the relative position of the islands and at top left is an extensive key.
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID1656085
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
