Cartography

A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography. Or and Easie and Speedy way to Know the Use of Bothe the Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial – Joseph Moxon – 1674

Small quarto published in London by Thomas Roycroft for the author. Original binding distressed with front board off and other deficiencies. Missing frontispiece and title page starting with dedication “to Samuel Pepys Esq Principal Officer of the Navy, Secretary to the Admiralty, Fellow of the Royal Society and Brother of the Trinity-house of Deptford-Strand” … 271, 9 pp. Third edition 1674 (first 1659) corrected and enlarged. Set out as a series of six books with Appendix etc

The First Book being the first Rudiments of Astronomy and Geography or a Description of the Lines, Circles and other Parts of the Globes.

The Second Book Shewing the Practical Use of the Globes applying them to the Solution of Astronomical and Geographical Problems.

The Third Book Being the Practical Use of the Globes Applying to the Solution of Problems in the Art of Navigation.

The Fourth Book Shewing the Practical Use of the Globes Applying them to the Solution of Astrological Problemes.

The Fifth Book Shewing the Practical Use of the Globes Applying them to the Solution of Gnomonical Problemes.

The Sixth Book without and never had title on Trigonometrical Problemes

Followed by An Appendix shewing the Explanation and Use of the Ptolomaick Sphere. Followed by “Ancient Stories of the Several Stars and Constellations …. Collected by Dr Hood” and “a Discourse of the Antiquity, Progress and Augmentation of Astronomy” … A catalogue of Moxon’s published items and a useful index of each book.

Many illustrations, tables and mathematical explanations in the text including one of the first publications of the key elements of Kepler’s Rudolphine Tables showing data for extrapolation of the position of a number of stars between the years 1600 and 1700.

$490.00

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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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Java la Grande – Lawrence Fitzgerald

Published in Hobart in 1984 a very good copy in a fine dust jacket.

A useful and easily read book on the Portuguese Discovery of Australia … where else could it be … Brigadier Fitzgerald was well qualified to compile this well illustrated account. A good understanding of the Dauphin map.

Portuguese First … no really they were!

$40.00

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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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Antarctica Observed – A.G.E. Jones

Published by Caedmon of Whitby in 1982 a very fine copy.

The author Jones published this book in Whitby – he was an Antarctic expert of note. His mission here was to draw a proper conclusion as to who saw the Antarctic first – through thorough research of original logs and diaries and carefully re-plotting the tracks of Cook, Bellingshausen, Smith and Bransfield, Palmer etc all likely candidates. His conclusions are … in the book.

Special Antarctica by an expert

$30.00

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A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography. Or and Easie and Speedy way to Know the Use of Bothe the Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial – Joseph Moxon – 1674

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

Java la Grande – Lawrence Fitzgerald

Cape River Gold Field – Report of William Rands – 1891

Antarctica Observed – A.G.E. Jones

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