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C1887
Victoria Divided into Counties.
Scarce c.19th colour lithograph of Victoria divided into counties, with an inset map of Australia at top right. A key at lower right indicates in colour for; agricultural land, pastoral land and auriferous.
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Full Title:
Victoria Divided into Counties.
Date:
C1887
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
238mm
x 184mm
Paper Size:
262mm
x 211mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1887
Description:
Scarce c.19th colour lithograph of Victoria divided into counties, with an inset map of Australia at top right.
A key at lower right indicates in colour for; agricultural land, pastoral land and auriferous.
Ernst Georg Ravenstein (1834 - 1913)
Ravenstein was a German-English geographer and cartographer. He spent most of his adult life in England. When he was 18 years old he became a pupil of Dr. August Heinrich Petermann the famous cartographer and publisher. He was in the service of the Topographical Department of the British War Office for 20 years, from 1855 to 1875. A long-serving member of the councils of the Royal Statistical and Royal Geographical Societies, he was also Professor of Geography at Bedford College in 1882–83. He was the first to receive the Victoria gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society (1902) for "his efforts during 40 years to introduce scientific methods into the cartography of the United Kingdom". His geographical statistics and projections were respected and used as a basis for official planning at the time.
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George Philip (1799 - 1882)
Philip was a London geographical publisher, globe maker, and founder of the firm George Philip & Son. He started business in 1834 in Liverpool and from about 1848 he traded as "George Philip & Son" with his son and successor George Phillip II (1823-1902. Philip retired 1 July 1879 and the business was coninued by his son and nephew.
