General map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land [cartographic material] : shewing the British colonies as divided into counties, 1857 / drawn from the British & French Government surveys and other sources ; with the new electoral divisions of the Colony of Victoria ; drawn by F. Ravenstein
- Bib ID:
- 273837
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Ravenstein, F
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP F 279 copy
- Scale:
- [Scale ca. 1:4,500,000] (E 113°13'00"--E 178°45'00"/S 7°47'00"--S 47°44'00").
- Printer:
- (Edinburgh : Lithographed & printed in colours by Schenck & McFarlane)
- Description:
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- Edinburgh : Published by A. & C. Black, 1857
- 1 map : col., ill. ; dissected and mounted on linen; 92.1 x 112.7 cm., folded into cover 26 x 16.4 cm.
- Series:
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- Ferguson rare map collection.
- Ferguson Collection ; Map 279.
- Full contents:
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- Inset vignettes: [The British Coat of Arms modified by the motto Treu und Fest to represent a British regiment, the 11th Hussars (Prince Albert's Own)]
- Approach to Melbourne wharfs.
- Insets: Sketch map to show the principal commercial routes to Australia. [Scale ca. 1:130,000,000]
- Norfolk Island. Scale [1:126,720]
- Colony of Victoria. Scale [1:2,896,457]
- Mount Alexander gold region. Scale [1:217,234]
- New Zealand. Scale [1:4,344,685]
- Plan of Sydney. Scale [1:29,243].
- Notes:
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- Map of Australia including Tasmania and New Zealand in the 1850s. The map shows the boundaries and names of counties, main towns, roads and railways, drainage and includes annotations on land quality. The map also features the routes of some explorers from Oxley to Eyre. Decorative features include an elaborate title cartouche design and two vignettes. Relief is shown by hachures and some spot heights in feet.
- Cartouche title.
- Also included are listings of counties by state (Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Van Diemen's Land) referenced on the map by number.
- Includes a key to explorer's routes.
- Map 279 from Ferguson Collection.
- MAP F 279 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-229935087
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1857
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- Australia and New Zealand
- Related Records:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1857
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1857
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