| Creator: |
Ravenstein, F. |
| Title: |
General map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land [cartographic material] : shewing the British colonies as divided into counties, 1857 / drawn from the British & French Government surveys and other sources ; with the new electoral divisions of the Colony of Victoria ; drawn by F. Ravenstein.
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| Scale: |
[Scale ca. 1:4,525,000]
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| Publisher: |
Melbourne: Published by Jas. J. Blundell, 1857 (Edinburgh : Lithographed & printed in colours by Schenck & McFarlane) |
| Date: |
1857 |
| Material Type: |
Map |
| Physical Description: |
1 map : col., ill., dissected and mounted on linen ; 91.7 x 111.8 cm., folded into cover 26 x 30 cm. |
| Notes: |
Map of Australia including Tasmania and New Zealand in the 1850s. The map features the names and boundaries of counties, as well as main towns, roads and railways, drainage, gold mining and some land exploration routes from Oxley to Eyre. Decorative features include an elaborate title cartouche design and two vignettes. Relief is shown by hachures and some spot heights in feet.
Cartouche title.
Includes indexed lists of counties by Australian state referenced by number on the map.
Includes a key to explorer's routes.
Some copies include cover entitled: Australia and New Zealand.
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk2413; National Library's copy at RM 933 (Copy 2) is badly stained with ink; copy at NK 2413 is folded within a thick hardback cover entitled: Australia and New Zealand. |
| Subjects: |
New Zealand -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps.
Australasia -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps.
Counties -- Australia -- Maps.
Counties -- New Zealand -- Maps.
Counties -- Australasia -- Maps.
Australia -- Administrative and political divisions -- Maps.
Australia -- 1857 -- Maps.
New Zealand -- 1857 -- Maps.
Australasia -- 1857 -- Maps.
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| Call Number: | MAP NK 2413. Tile a2. |
| Amicus Number: |
21548295 |
| To cite this item use: |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk2413-a2 |
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