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Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 27/09/2024 Date Acquired: 26/6/2000 Dealers ID No.: M223 (STK 815.01) Description: François Valentijn was a Dutch missionary and scholar who spent much of his life in the service of the Dutch East India Company (V.O.C.). In 1685, he was sent to Ambon as a minister…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 17/8/2005 Dealers ID No.: M814 (STK 1513.01) Description: This original manuscript map of Australia, drawn and annotated by Allan Cunningham in 1822, represents a rare intersection of early botanical science and exploration cartography. Created following Cunninghams return from Phillip Parker Kings fourth…

Acquired From: Antique Print & Map Room Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Description: In 1787, Alexander Kincaid published A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar, an adaption of William Guthries book of the same title, first published in 1770. A second edition followed in 1788, and a third in 1790, which included fourteen…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Date Acquired: 29/9/2005 Dealers ID No.: (STK 1538.01) Description: This planshows the first subdivision of the Harris estate by Edward Macarthur, which created the suburb of Pyrmont, dated 1837. The majority of the Pyrmont peninsula was granted in the early years of the colony…

Acquired From: Tim McCormick Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Poor-mould, stain, insects spot Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 15/9/2000 Description: John Septimus Roe, a Royal Navy officer and skilled surveyor, was assigned to the hydrographic service in New South Wales under the command of Phillip Parker King. Arriving in the colony in September 1817, Roe spent the next…