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1846 - Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government...

Map maker	Size	Map ID	Condition
John Arrowsmith	600 x 830 mm	D1 / M410 / I383	Very good condition. A few minor spots of soiling on the small inset map of the world. Original slip case with a few bumps to corners and abrasion but still with original side and front labels. Front label with 1846 inked under Australia.

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Reference image of an earlier edition held by the National Library. We hope to have an image of our example shortly.

Arrowsmith's impressive engraved map of Australia issued originally in two sheets in his atlas is here found in its booklet form dissected and mounted onto canvas for folding into its original slipcase. Arrowsmith's maps were very accurate and expertly executed, with the finest hand colouring. Issued between 1838 and 1862 each new discovery was displayed on the updated edition of the map. In this edition the potential new colony of North Australia is shown while being too early to show any new exploration in the inland of what is now Queensland. Three inset maps of Cape York, Van Diemens Land and the World are displayed around the continent while details of Australia's earlier exploration are noted. One of the finest maps of Australia from this period and offered here in remarkably good condition.

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