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C1841
Route from Yass Plains by the Australian Alps and Gipps Land, to Port Phillip by E.P.Streleski, 1840. sic
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MAP = 2,750 MAP & BOOK= 4,250 Rare first edition of Strzelecki’s map issued in ‘House of Commons Paper and sold with his published account of his explorations in the Australian Alps, Victoria and Tasmania. First edition, 8vo. xix, 462pp … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Route from Yass Plains by the Australian Alps and Gipps Land, to Port Phillip by E.P.Streleski, 1840. sic
Date:
C1841
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Condition:
In good condition, folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph, with original hand colouring.
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1841
Description:
MAP = 2,750 MAP & BOOK= 4,250 Rare first edition of Strzelecki’s map issued in ‘House of Commons Paper and sold with his published account of his explorations in the Australian Alps, Victoria and Tasmania. First edition, 8vo. xix, 462pp and 19 lithographic plates, col geological folding map, in original embossed cloth, new endpapers, rebacked and retaining original spine, corners bumped, one or two minor internal imperfections otherwise a good copy. With Rollo Hammet label. Paul Edmond de Strzelecki, is best remembered as the man who first discovered gold in Australia and named Mount Kosciusko and Gippsland. Strzelecki firstly did geological field work in America and then arrived in Australia in 1839 aboard HMS Fly. In January 1840 he set out from Yass Plains on a southerly route into the Australian Alps. In February he reached the highest ridge of the Snowy Mountains, naming it Mount Kosciusko, and then struck south across eastern Victoria until he reached the sea at Lake King, which he named for his friend Phillip Parker King. From here Strzelecki and his party headed towards Western Port across fine grazing lands which he named Gipps Land after the governor. After further geological work in Van Diemen’s Land, Strzelecki left for England in 1840. The results of Strzelecki’s travels were contained in a report to Governor Gipps which was despatched to England, where it was first printed on 9th March 1841 as part of House of Commons Paper entitled ‘New South Wales…Copy of a Despatch from Sir G.Gipps..’. A later edition was published on 26th April 1841 by the House of Lords.
John Arrowsmith (1790 - 1873)
English mapmaker, the last of a family of map makers that produced maps during the period 1790 to 1870. His uncle Aaron (1750 - 1823) left the north of England and went to work in London as a land surveyor where he surveyed the Great Post Roads between London and Falmouth which was engraved and published by John Cary an engraver in 1782 (Verner, 1971, p.1). In the 1790s he decided to establish his own map making business. He published about 200 maps and achieved great eminence being appointed Hydrographer to the King in 1820. John Arrowsmith, Aaron's nephew, who was born in Winston, county Durham, England (1790 - 1873) came to work for him in 1810. During the next thirteen years he learned from his uncle the art of map making, including engraving and printing. His two cousins, Aaron junior (1802-54) and Samuel (1805-39) (Verner, 1971, p.2) both worked in the business and inherited jointly the house, business, copper plates, presses etc. as stated in their father's will. By the time of his uncle's death John had established his own business which operated out of 33 East Street, Red Lion Square, although he still worked with his two cousins Aaron and Samuel. All three produced individual works, although Samuel was in charge of the business at 10 Soho Square. Aaron the younger, lost interest in map making and ceased producing maps in 1832 (Verner, 1971, p.2). In 1839 Samuel died and John bought the business including plates, MSS and copyrights at auction of December 1839 (Herbert, 1983) and continued operating from 10 Soho Square. In 1834 he produced his magnum opus, The London Atlas of Universal Geography, which he continued to revise and reissue until the last 1858 edition. However his atlas contains maps of later dates into the 60s (Herbert, 1989). He became a founding member of the Royal Geographical Society in London (1830) and a member of its council. He remained an active member for over forty years during which time he met many explorers and persons of influence who were instrumental in supplying him with information for his maps. In 1831 the society's Journal was established and Arrowsmith began producing maps for it from 1832 until 1870. He received the Gold medal of the Society in 1863 (Tooley, 1999). After his death his plates were bought by Edward Stanford of London who continued to issue the atlas with the name of Stanford's London Atlas of Universal Geography. This atlas continued into the 1920s. (Dorothy Prescott, 2010-2015)
