Subject: New South Wales, Australia
Period: 1844 (dated)
Publication: General Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
15.8 x 10.6 inches
40.1 x 26.9 cm
A detailed map of southeastern Australia, including present-day New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia. The 20 counties of New South Wales are colored in outline as well as some surrounding districts. There is sparse inland detail save for the large Lake Torrens, which "the greater part apparently [is] dry on the surface." Includes a small inset of Norfolk Island at bottom left. Drawn and engraved by William Hughes.
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Condition: B+
Contemporary outline color with a hint of toning along the sheet edges and a small stain at bottom right.