Auction No. 82
(Archive Information Only - Closed February 28, 1998)

Antique Maps of Oceania, Australia & New Zealand
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338. Oceania - Easter Island (Plan de la Baie de Cook (and) Plan de L’Ile de Paque), La Perouse, Paris, [1797]. 19.7 x 27". (BW) Two charts on one sheet. The map of Easter Island incorporates 4 approach views of the island. The plan of Cook’s Bay locates a plantation, banana farm, caves , and appears to locate several of the monuments as well. Folded, as issued. Very light foxing and minor offsetting. (A) $70

339. Oceania (A Chart of Polynesia or Groups of Islands Spread over the North & South Pacific Oceans), W.H., Lizars, A. Constable (pub), Edinburgh, 1822. 15.2 x 8.2". (BW) Very detailed, steel engraved map of the Pacific depicting Cooks voyages. Hundreds of islands located. Scattered foxing. (C) $45

340. Oceania (Pacific Ocean), T.G. Bradford, A Comprehensive Atlas Geographical, New York, [1835]. 10 x 8". (OC) Interesting projection covering the entire ocean, island groups, and the coastlines of surrounding continents. Alaska is Russian America. Light foxing in margins with a little intruding into map. (B) $45

341. Oceania (The Pacific Ocean), Blackie & Son, The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Edinburgh, [1884]. 19.5 x 13.5". (PC) Excellent detail of the islands in the Pacific. Includes the coasts of Asia, and the Americas. (A+) $30

342. Australia and New Zealand, Blackie & Son, The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Edinburgh, [1884]. 19.5 x 13.2". (PC) Nice map of the region with great detail. Inset of the Torres Strait complete with soundings. (A+) $45

343. Australia and New Zealand (New Holland and New Zealand), David Burr/Thomas Illman, New York, 1836. 12.5 x 10.2". (OC) Australia has a virtually blank interior with only a little topographic detail in New South Wales. NSW includes the entire east coast. The West coast is named "New Holland." Good detail of the Solomon and New Hebride Islands. Crisp impression. (A) $100

344. Tasmania (Van Diemen’s Land), J. Dower, London, ca. 1840. 8.2 x 10.2". (BW) Finely engraved sheet includes Bank’s Strait and Furneaux Islands. Crisp impression. Names New Norfolk, Richmond, Campbelltown, Launceston, and Norfolk Plains. Foxed. (C) $40

345. Australia (New South Wales), John Bartholomew, [1876]. 11.7 x 9". (PC) Very crisp and precisely printed. Broken Hill is not on the map. Names many billabongs. Fine detail throughout. (A) $30

346. New Zealand, Blackie & Son, The Comprehensive Atlas & Geography of the World, Edinburgh, [1884]. 13.2 x 19.5". (PC) Excellent detail, down to tiny villages. Depicts the rail systems. Large inset of the Environs of Auckland. (A+) $30

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