Western Australia containing the settlements of Swan-River and King George's Sound from recent surveys sent to the Colonial Office. Van-Diemen (sic) Island. Published under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. From the M.S. map in the Colonial Office. J. & C. Walker sculp. London, published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row, April 1st. 1833. Printed by E. Brain. (London: Chapman & Hall, 1844)

• Main Authors: Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), Brain, E., J. & C. Walker
• Format: Map
• Language: unknown
• Published: Chapman and Hall 1833
• Subjects: Baldwin; Antarc*; Antarctica
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Two engraved maps on sheet. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Boundaries hand col. The SDUK, as the Society was known, produced inexpensive maps to encourage broad use in education. The maps in these two volumes were issued in parts over several years. The city plans are of particular interest, with vignettes and great detail. The gnomonic star maps were issued separately in this edition in their own covers. This is the second edition, the first being by Baldwin and Cradock, with the maps issued in numbers and later bound as a set. Rumsey Collection copy originally issued without the 6 "World on a gnomonic projection" maps; copies of them have been laid in. Atlas is bound in half leather dark brown cloth covered boards with "Maps. Vol. 1," "Maps. Vol. 2" stamped in gold on the spines. Maps with outline color; geological map of England and Wales hand colored in full color. Phillips, 794. Tooley, R.V. The mapping of Australia and Antarctica 2d. ed., p. 147, no. 1176 and p. 343, no. 391.