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Curious Map of the Eastern Hemisphere – Calmet 1728 – Early Australia Outline

An original special and unusual copper engraved map by Antoine Calmet (1672-1757) published in 1728 for his work on the Creation of the World. Below the map of the Old World is a sphere representing the creation of the Universe with the Earth at its centre. Very good condition un-coloured as it should be with a strong plate impression. 33cms by 22cms in plate impression.

Whilst the map highlights Africa, Europa and Asia the strong depiction of those parts of Australia discovered and mapped by the Dutch is charming with the Gulf of Carpentaria connected to New Guinea as was thought then.

Calmet was a French Benedictine monk and scholar born in Lorraine. He became very learned and out of humility refused honours from the Pope. The map is believed to have been engraved by Strackman (1680-1730) who worked with distinguished cartographers De Fer and De L’ilsle

Price $290.00 framed in stylish charcoal frame in cream mat with black core … a combination that works well with early uncoloured maps … enquire if you wish this map unframed or an alternative.

Unusual early 18thC map with good Australian relevance

$290.00

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Part of Australia comprising the settled portions of New South Wales and South Australia. – William Hughes – 1844

A fine example of Adam and Charles Black’s 1844 map which pre-dated the formation of Victoria in 1851 so here is referred to as Australia Felix. The inset map shows Norfolk Island. The coastline to the East extends past Moreton Island and to the West to Point Fowler. The interior is still sparsely understood and the extent of Lake Torrens is perhaps greatly exaggerated. Twenty Counties of New South wales are outlined in colour and a key is shown in the bottom right. Relief is shown by hachure.

Included in the National Library Collection, cited in Tooley’s dictionary of mapmakers 142. Dimensions 36.7 by 25.3 cm.

Charles and uncle Adam Black founded their publishing firm in 1807. Their publications included the Encyclopaedia Britannica and incidentally Walter Scott’s novels.

William Hughes (1818-1876) was a cartographer active in London during the middle part of the 19th century. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1838 and from 1840 taught cartography at a number of distinguished institutions and was also the map librarian at the British Museum.

A good copy of a detailed map from an important era … Click on the map to see its entirety … ask if you require more images

$240.00

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Cape River Gold Field – Report of William Rands – 1891

William Rands was Assistant Geologist to Robert Logan Jack. This is his report to the Queensland Parliament on the Cape River Gold Field.

18 foolscap pages of the usual intense observation and detail exhibited by the Queensland geological team of the period. Covers Union Reef, General Grant Reef, Hayward Reef, The Big reef, The Just-In-Time Reef, Hughes Leader, The Mystery Reef (no Mystery!), Springs reef, Mount Remarkable, Morning Star, Martin’s, Bell-Gay, Victoria, and Governor Blackall Reefs and many many more. Crushing reports with yield from Ellen Boss, Treasure and Albion as complied by Commissioner Gill.
An appendix provides a short geological description of rocks and thin section slides of 43 samples taken in the area. The thin section slides being prepared by Clarke of Charters Towers.

The report contain a folding coloured page showing 8 geological sections the first across Mr Davenport and the cape River. And a very nice coloured Geological Sketch Map of part of the Kennedy District by William Rands (50cms by 25 cms) … note our image on the Voyager website is partly truncated because of the limitations of our scanner.

Quality Cape River Report with fine example of the Map

$90.00

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Map of South Australia – John Tallis – 1851

An original John Tallis decorative map of South Australia.

Tallis maps are famous for there interesting images here of Adelaide, Natives on a Catamaran (?), Dingo or Australian Dog and the Nymphicus (Cockatiel) drawn by Warren and engraved by Rodger.

The map was engraved by John Rapkin who did all of the Australian maps in the series. This is a good original of an early Tallis map and a must for any Australian map collection.

Nice example of this classic Tallis map

$90.00

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The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1913 July – Cmdr. E. R. G. R. Evans – The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913

A very good copy of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, July 1913, containing “The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913″ by Cmdr. E. R. G. R. Evans.

Over seventeen pages, Cmdr. Evans explores the fateful expedition that saw the death of Capt. Scott, but explores the subject from a narrative and scientific perspective, commemorating Scott, not through an examination of the man himself (Evans notes this perspective has already been well covered), but through the excellence of Scott’s preparation and vision, aided by fine charts and maps. Also very importantly narrated is the reception of Capt. Scott’s comrades at the Albert Hall in London

Also in this edition; an examination, by Vilhjalmur Stefansson, with a large colour map, of the Canadian Arctic Expedition; and, an exploration, with large map and plates, of the Monte Bello Islands with companion large map of Barrow Island and the area west of the Dampier Peninsua, prepared by P. D. Montague.

$90.00

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Curious Map of the Eastern Hemisphere – Calmet 1728 – Early Australia Outline

Part of Australia comprising the settled portions of New South Wales and South Australia. – William Hughes – 1844

Cape River Gold Field – Report of William Rands – 1891

Map of South Australia – John Tallis – 1851

The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1913 July – Cmdr. E. R. G. R. Evans – The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913

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