(Sheet 3) Stanford's Library Map of Australasia.
"Folding map of the continent in four parts, each measuring 7 4 x 80 cm, i.e. 148 x 160 cm if joined, original colour in outline, contemporary manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the all four parts recording the course of HMS Salamander to and around Australia, dissected into 16 section...
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Edward Stanford
1859
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| Summary: | "Folding map of the continent in four parts, each measuring 7 4 x 80 cm, i.e. 148 x 160 cm if joined, original colour in outline, contemporary manuscript annotations in pencil and ink on the all four parts recording the course of HMS Salamander to and around Australia, dissected into 16 sections and mounted on linen, blue patterned paper to the folded end sections, the small discreet circular stamp of the "Dept. of Soc[ial] Anthrop[ology] Oxford" to one panel on the verso of each map, housed in the publisher's black morocco slipcase with a foldover tab perished on one joint, gilt lettered to the spine. The slipcase worn, but sound, the map in very good condition overall. HMS Salamander was first commissioned in 1832 and saw active seroice across the world, most notabfy in the second Anglo-Burmese War. She suffered damage during a voyage in Arctic waters in the 1850s and was extensivefy refitted at Chatham before being sent to Australia in late 1863. An inset chart of the world to the lower left comer of the south east sheet shows the course of the Salamander's voyage to Australia with dates of her stagingposts. On the main botfy of the map the annotations continue in the same manner, showing the course around the south of Australia thence north along the eastern coast and up to the Adolphus Channel " (Douglas Stewart, 2024) |
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