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C1878
Tasmania. Fiji Archipelago.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1604)
Detailed maps of Tasmania and Fiji.
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S/N: STAN-PI-FIJI-098–225975
Categories: Pacific – General charts, Tasmania
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Full Title:
Tasmania. Fiji Archipelago.
Date:
C1878
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827 - 1604)
Condition:
Slight loss of ruled line at left map edge, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Image Size:
310mm
x 530mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1878
Description:
Detailed maps of Tasmania and Fiji.
Mapmaker:
Edward Stanford (1827-1904)
Apprenticed as a printer and stationer. He founded his business in partnership with Saunders in 1852 as “Suanders & Stanford” but was disolved in 1853. He founded “Stanford’s Geographical Establishment” 1857, employing Suanders and Alexander Keith Johnston to prepare maps. By 1864 he was employing twenty-eight men and thirteen boys. He acquire the John Arrowsmith stock at auction in 1874 and by 1881 his staff had grown to sixty-five men, nineteen boys and three women, with his son Edward Standford II (1856-1917) acting as his assistant. He retired in 1882 and his son took over. The firm still exists.
