Catégorie : Southern Continent

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 29/09/2024 Date Acquired: 14/8/2024 Dealers ID No.: (STK 1994.01) Description: The map covers an extensive area, stretching from the Solitary Isles (near Coffs Harbour) in the north to Pigeon House in the south and extending inland to the marshes of the Lachlan River. Below the…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 26/6/2000 Dealers ID No.: M114 (STK 278.01) Description: This rare and imaginative map of New Guinea and the surrounding region was first published in the posthumous 1593 edition of Speculum Orbis Terrae, the atlas compiled by Gerard de Jode. De Jode, a skilled…

Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: No Description: John Arrowsmith was a renowned British cartographer and a key figure in nineteenth-century mapmaking. A nephew of the influential mapmaker Aaron Arrowsmith, John was instrumental in advancing the precision and detail of geographic representation during his time. His work stood out for its incorporation of the latest…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/10/2002 Dealers ID No.: M163 (STK 1271.01) Description: Henricus Hondius, the younger son of the renowned engraver and mapmaker Jodocus Hondius I, played a key role in the family mapmaking business, known as "In de Wackere Hondt" ("In the Vigilant Dog") in…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 9/10/2002 Dealers ID No.: M468 (STK 1329.01) Description: John Thornton was a prominent English chartmaker and publisher who played a pivotal role in developing navigational guides for English maritime expansion. He began his career in 1656 as an apprentice to John Burston…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 4/2/2002 Dealers ID No.: M655 (STK 1183.01) Description: This miniature map of Australia, titled Nuova Olanda e Nuova Galles riconosciuta dal Cap.o Cook nel 1770 (New Holland and New South Wales as recognised by Captain Cook in 1770), appears in the Nuovo…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Fair, general staining Confirmed: No Dealers ID No.: M136/1 (STK 1087.01) Description: Louis de Freycinets general map of Australia reflects the extensive surveys and coastal explorations conducted by the French during the expedition to the southern hemisphere led by Nicolas Baudin between 1800 and 1804. Commissioned by Napoleon…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Coloured Condition: Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 23/12/2000 Dealers ID No.: M103 (STK 1006.01) Description: This single engraved globe gore by Vincenzo Coronelli, originally designed in 1688 for his monumental 42-inch terrestrial globe, was later adapted for atlas format and published in the Isolario (16961697) or the Libro dei Globi…

Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries Colouring: Uncoloured Condition: Good. Laid on linen Confirmed: 28/09/2024 Date Acquired: 25/7/2002 Dealers ID No.: M457 (STK 1343.01) Description: This map of the Southern Hemisphere was produced for De Vaugondy's submission to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris and was first published in 1773. It includes the routes of recent…

Acquired From: Harbeck Rare Books Colouring: Coloured Condition: Very Good Confirmed: Yes Date Acquired: 21/02/2014 Description: The Australian Agricultural Company (AACo.) was established by Royal Charter in November 1824, following an Act of the British Parliament enacted on 21 June 1824 (5 Geo. IV c. 86) (View Record (#345)). In exchange for a grant of…