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C1815
Polynesia
Mapmaker:
John Pinkerton (1758 - 1826)
Early issue of this large scale chart of the Australia and the Pacific. The map extends from Pellew Islands to the Society Islands and includes the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), The Caroline islands and the Ladrones (Marianas) are marked. Reference: … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Polynesia
Date:
C1815
Mapmaker:
John Pinkerton (1758 - 1826)
Condition:
Minor split at lower centre fold otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
675mm
x 480mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1815
Description:
Early issue of this large scale chart of the Australia and the Pacific.
The map extends from Pellew Islands to the Society Islands and includes the Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands), The Caroline islands and the Ladrones (Marianas) are marked.
Reference: Tooley 980
Held in: National Library of Australia, Bib ID 2734082
Pinkerton’s maps from his Modern Atlas, are often incorrectly dated as they often show a publication date of 1813 but were in fact were first issued in 1815.
Mapmaker:
John Pinkerton (1758-1826)
Pinkerton was a Edinburgh cartographer who alongside John Thompson pioneered scientific principals in mapmaking in Scotland in the early C19th. Their maps were accurate and were intentionally not embellished. Pinkerton’s main work was the Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas.
