London: BOWLES, Carington, 1717 [but 1781]
17.5 x 12.6 cm / 6.9 x 5.0 in
Description This is the 1781 Carington Bowles edition of Herman Moll’s map of Australia, first published in 1717, in volume V of his Atlas geographus and later reissued in Bowles’s Atlas minor. It is the.....
Paris: Hôtel de Thou, 1787-88
23.4 x 34.4 cm / 9.2 x 13.5 in
Description This 1787-88 hydrographic sheet by Rigobert Bonne comprises one main chart and four detailed insets. The main chart covers the entire east coast of Australia – then referred to as New South Wales or Nouvelle.....
London: STOCKDALE, John, 1789 (dated)
40.9 x 26.9 cm / 16.1 x 10.6 in
Description This is the first printed chart of Port Jackson, in New South Wales, Australia. It was prepared from the survey conducted by Captain John Hunter, shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet, in early.....
Nuremberg: Homann Heirs, 1795 (dated)
57.2 x 45.0 cm / 22.5 x 17.7 in
Description This map of the western Pacific Ocean extends from East / Southeast Asia and Australia to Hawaii (Sandwich Inseln) and the Marquesas Islands (Mendozas od. Marquesas Inseln), and from the Kuril Islands to New Zealand.....
London: JONES, Maurice, 1803 (dated)
14.7 x 8.2 cm / 5.8 x 3.2 in
Description This view was engraved by Vincent Woodthorpe as an illustration for the The History of New South Wales by George Barrington, first published 1802-03. The composition features the central section of Sydney Harbour, as seen.....
London: JONES, Maurice, 1803 (dated)
14.3 x 8.0 cm / 5.6 x 3.1 in
Description This view was engraved by Vincent Woodthorpe as an illustration for the The History of New South Wales by George Barrington, first published 1802-03. The composition features a supposed south view of Sydney. According to.....
Paris: l'Imprimerie de Langlois, 1802 (dated) [but 1807]
21.4 x 14.9 cm / 8.4 x 5.9 in
Description This remarkable plan of Sydney originated during the 1800-1804 French expedition to the southern seas commanded by Nicolas Baudin. Stricken with severe scurvy after charting the western and southern coasts of Australia.....
Paris: l'Imprimerie Impériale, 1802 (dated) [but 1811]
16.7 x 21.1 cm / 6.6 x 8.3 in
Description This scarce chart covers the intricate southeastern coastline of Tasmania (Terre de Diémen). It stretches from Cape Bailly in the north to South Cape in the south, and from Maria Island in the.....
Vienna: J. Riedl’s Kunsthandlung, 1815 (dated)
42.3 x 32.6 cm / 16.7 x 12.8 in
Description This map of the western Pacific Ocean extends from East / Southeast Asia and Australia to Hawaii (Sandwichs Inseln) and the Marquesas Islands (Die Markesas oder Mendozas), and from the southern tip of Sakhalin.....
Paris: BERTRAND, Arthus, 1824
21.3 x 14.9 cm / 8.4 x 5.9 in
Description This fine view of Sydney originated during the 1800-1804 French expedition to the southern seas commanded by Nicolas Baudin. Stricken with severe scurvy after charting the western and southern coasts of Australia, Baudin’s crew sought refuge.....
London: James and Luke G.[raves] Hansard & Sons, 1832 (dated)
36.1 x 30.6 cm / 14.2 x 12.0 in
Description This is a coastal outline of the southern central section of Sydney Harbour and a cadastral map for a number of land grants in the present-day suburbs of Potts Point.....
Melbourne: HAM, Thomas, 1847 (dated)
73.9 x 47.4 cm / 29.1 x 18.7 in
Description This foundational first-edition 1847 map by Thomas Ham encompasses the vast territory of the Port Phillip District during the decade preceding its formal separation from the colony of New South Wales. It was separately compiled.....
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Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
16.5 x 11.5 cm / 6.5 x 4.5 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
17.5 x 12.0 cm / 6.9 x 4.7 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
14.5 x 11.2 cm / 5.7 x 4.4 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
17.5 x 11.8 cm / 6.9 x 4.6 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
14.6 x 11.0 cm / 5.7 x 4.3 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Sydney & Melbourne: Sands & Kenny, 1855
14.6 x 10.8 cm / 5.7 x 4.3 in
Description This view originated as a drawing by the Anglo-Swiss artist and colonial engraver Frederick Casemero Terry. It was engraved in England and published in Sydney in 1855 by Sands and Kenny as part.....
Paris: Dufour, Mulat et Boulanger, 1861
15.0 x 9.9 cm / 5.9 x 3.9 in
Description This view was drawn and engraved by Pierre Eugène Aubert during the first half of the 19th century. In the present example, it was issued posthumously in 1861 as an illustration for the Géographie universelle.....
Sydney: The Gregory Publishing Co., c. 1935-45
35.4 x 47.9 cm / 13.9 x 18.9 in
Description This map by Clive Barrass shows the heart of the city of Sydney, from Dawes Point in the north to Chippendale and Prince Alfred Park in the south, and from Darling Harbour, Pyrmont.....