Subject: Southern Hemisphere
Period: 1812 (dated)
Publication: Modern Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
20 x 20.1 inches
50.8 x 51.1 cm
This striking map shows all of New Zealand, New Holland (Australia), Papua New Guinea, and Madagascar. It extends north to the Equator, showing the Amazon River in South America and above the Congo region in Africa. The Antarctic region is completely blank with the Lord Aucklands Group depicted as the southernmost islands. Drawn by L. Hebert and engraved by Neele. Published by Cadell & Davies and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown.
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Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color with short centerfold separations at top and bottom that each extend 1.25" into the image and have been closed on verso with archival tape. There is some light soiling mostly in the margins and several short edge tears confined to the far blank margins.