Subject: Australia
Period: 1842 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.6 x 12.7 inches
39.6 x 32.3 cm
This map of the Australian continent shows excellent detail of place names and colonies along the coastlines coupled with a virtually blank interior. Various names and dates of discovery are noted throughout including De Witt, Tasman, Arnhems, Entdeckt Durch, Flinders, Nuyt, and more. A table at lower left shows population data for both colonists and aboriginals as of 1841.
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Condition: B
There is scattered foxing with light dampstains at top right and in the bottom blank margin.