Map of Australia, Compiled from the Nautical Surveys, Made by Order of the Admiralty, and other Authentic Documents, by James Wyld, Geographer to the Queen.
WYLD, James.
Published by LondonPublished by James Wyld Haring Cross East c., 1875
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Original hand-coloured engraved map of Australia with inset maps of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) and the world on Mercator's projection. Dissected into 24 sections and backed onto linen, folding between marbled-paper covers into publisher's original cloth slipcase with engraved title-label to upper cover and additional manuscript label (charmingly titled "Austraila") to spine. The map shows the gold deposits, the direction of the ocean currents, and a red line traversing the continent represents the overland telegraph route. Old ownership inscription to title-label on slip case with a date of 1879. Some light toning and smudging, faint offsetting from telegraph cable, one small ink spot to verso, generally a very good copy with excellent original hand colouring. First published 1833 and repeatedly updated this example shows the routes explored by Sturt in the 1860's, Forest in 1874, and A. Giles' "Camel Track" of 1875. For this remarkable journey Afghan cameleer Mahomet Saleh, who had accompanied explorer Peter Warburton to Western Australia two years previously, drove and managed the camels. Seller Inventory # 62551
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Title: Map of Australia, Compiled from the Nautical...
Publisher: LondonPublished by James Wyld Haring Cross East c.
Publication Date: 1875
Binding: Hardcover
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Map of Australia Compiled from the Nautical Surveys made by Order of the Admiralty and other Authentic Documents by James Wyld Geographer to the Queen
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London, 1838
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Seller: Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Condition: Very Good. Large and decorative map of Australia which is based on the earlier version by Thomson. Here we see an improved settlement in the Western Australia and also the settlement in the Eastern Australia around Sydney, otherwise a vast and empty country in the middle. With an inset map of Van Diemens Land.Large map of Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, covering Fiji, the Solomons, Papua New Guinea, Timor and the Celebs.Australia, which had finally been circumnavigated just a few years before by Matthew Flinders, is a vastly empty territory called New Holland in the West and New South Wales in the East. Australia would not become the official name for the continent until 1824.The map depicts geographical features and names and includes explorers who found which areas. , Size : 555x795 (mm), 21.875x31.25 (Inches), Hand Colored in outline. Seller Inventory # M50
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Map of Australia, Compiled from the Nautical Surveys, Made by Order of the Admiralty, And other Authentic Documents. By James Wyld. Geographer to the Queen. London. Published by James Wyld. Charing Cross East & Model of the Earth, Leicester Sq
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James Wyld, London, 1855
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Hardcover
Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
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Dissected map mounted on linen. With green buckram end boards, and stored in a green cloth slip case with engraved title piece on cover and title on spine. With 68 counties in New South Wales; includes what was later to become Queensland; 25 counties in Western Australia (called "New Holland"); 6 counties in South Australia; 24 counties in Victoria; and 11 counties in Van Diemen's Land, all numbered. Three states have borders: New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia; inset of Van Diemen's Land lower right, insert of the world lower left. Gold discoveries are recorded in dark yellow. Pacific currents are denoted with arrows. Includes the expedition routes of Sturt (1845), Mitchell (1835), and Sturt and Hume (1829). Also includes "Mr. Cunningham was killed here" and "Milmeridun Burying Ground". Steel engraving with period outline color. 82 x 55.5 cm. Slight brown toning, otherwise in very good condition. The slip case dusty, rubbed at edges. Tooley 1385. Trove 23439229. Seller Inventory # 15627
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Map of Australia, Compiled from the Nautical Surveys, Made by Order of the Admiralty, And other Authentic Documents. By James Wyld. Geographer to the Queen. London. Published by James Wyld. Charing Cross East. 1844
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James Wyld, London, 1844
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Seller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints, ABAA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
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Dissected map mounted on linen. With notes on Mitchell's, Sturt's and Hume's explorations. National Library Bib ID 209675, although this edition not recorded in Tooley. The title refers to Wyld as "Geographer to the Queen", and the word "Queen" is a slightly different typeface; published from Charing Cross East, with 18 counties in NSW, which includes Queensland (Tooley lists 19 counties, but only 18 can be counted); 26 counties in Western Australia (called "New Holland"; Mount Hopeless added in South Australia, which is the only state with a border; inset of Van Diemens Land lower right, insert of the world lower left. There is an advertisement for numerous Wyld maps on the verso of one panel starting with Post Roads of Europe, the Overland Route Map to India, Canada, Map of the Oregon District, Afghanistan, the Panjaub and River Indus, etc, and ending with Traveling Maps and Guides of every description. Verso of a fold has a tipped on advertising sheet for new maps with the cartographer to the Queen and HRH Prince Albert. Steel engraving with period outline color. 82 x 55.5 cm. Some light overall foxing, 1.5" closed tear in bottom of map, repaired at the time of mounting on linen; should be accompanied by a slip case. Otherwise in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 14706
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