Robinson's Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours. - Vintage Map from 1926
C1926

Robinson’s Week-End Motor Map of S…

Mapmaker:

Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)

Detailed, large c.20th colour lithographed map of New South Wales, extending from Gosford and south to Bulli, made for excursions by car from Sydney. Robinson was the pioneer in producing and promoting car and bicycle travel. He produced a number … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Robinson’s Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours.

Date:

C1926

Mapmaker:

Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)

Condition:

Some minor toning on folds otherwise in good condition. Laid onto archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size: 

603mm 
x 935mm

Paper Size: 

650mm 
x 975mm
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Robinson's Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours. - Vintage Map from 1926

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Robinson's Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours. - Vintage Map from 1926
1926

Description:

Detailed, large c.20th colour lithographed map of New South Wales, extending from Gosford and south to Bulli, made for excursions by car from Sydney.

Robinson was the pioneer in producing and promoting car and bicycle travel. He produced a number of maps specifically for this purpose. He was keen cyclist and while travelling in the early 1900’s recorded his travels and subsequently used that information to produce maps containing useful information such as: places to stay, fuel stops, suitable roads and tracks.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 4612142
State Library New South Wales: 991008452069702626

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

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