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Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ102 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK New South Wales from the manuscript maps in the Colonial 0ffice. London 1833. 15½X13. Inset: Sydney from the New South Wales Almanack. Detailed street map includes Darling Harbour. Many towns and rivers located on map with height of mountains expressed in yands and distances from Sydney in miles. 

$175

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ110 - R. BENARD “Vue de la Riviere D'Endeavour sur la Cote de la Nouvelle Hollande ou le vaisseau sur mis a la bande Paris 1774. 8X13. B/W. Fine copper engraving by Francis Parkinson, a draughtsman who sailed with James Cook on his first voyage, showing a scene on the Endeavour River on the coast of Queensland, with Cook's ship, the Endeavour, careened for repairs on the shore. This is the first known landscape drawing of the east coast of Australia. 

$1,500

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ128 - GODEFROI Quadrupede nommé Kanguroo, trouvé sur la Cote de la Nle Hollande. Paris. c. 1774. 8¼X6¼. Attractive sketch of a native Australian Kangaroo, engraved from an oil painting by George Stubbs, a famous 18th century artist working in London, who used as a model a skin brought back to England by Joseph Banks, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific in 1768-1771. It was during this voyage that Cook discovered & charted the east coast of Australia. From the 1st French Edition of Cook's Voyages probably engraved by Robert Benard, a well known engraver working in Paris who did most of the engravings to illustrate the volumes of the voyages of Cook.

$650

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ132 - J. WEBBER Un Opposum De La Terre Van Diemen. Paris. 1784. B/W. 6½X9. This engraving of a Tasmanian Opossum was etched by Robert Benard from a drawing by John Webber who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. John Webber was a 24 year old artist, the son of a Swiss sculptor living in London, who joined Cook's expedition as official artist, drawing many of the animals and natives encountered on the voyage. Although the Opossum in the drawing is anatomically incorrect, he had to draw animals, often on-the-run, so that a complete profile was not always available. From the French edition of Cook's Voyages.

$185

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ134 - J. BURNEY Plan De la Baye De L'Aventure sur la Terre Van-Diemen. Paris. 1784. B/W. 10X8. Chart of Adventure Bay on Bruny Island off the south coast of Tasmania, is located some distance below present day Hobart, Tasmania's capital city. On Capt. James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific (1775-1780) his ships the Resolution and Discovery heading eastward came upon what they called Van Diemen's land (Tasmania) which Cook still thought was joined to mainland Australia. While anchoring in the Bay to restock supplies of food, water & wood, James Burney, the 1st Lieutenant on the Discovery sketched the Bay noting depth soundings, a lake, & elevations plus the contours of the beach as seen from the ship. Engraved by Robert Benard for the French edition of Cook's Voyages, this depiction was taken from a MSS in the Public Records Office. The ships stayed only 4 days in the Bay in January 1777 before continuing onward towards New Zealand. 

$150

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ135 - J. COOK/J. WEBBER Une Femme De la Terre De Van-Diemen. Paris. 1785. B/W. 9X6½. This is one of the first portraits of a native woman from Tasmania (Van-Diemen's Land), carrying a baby and wearing only a Kangaroo skin. It was drawn by John Webber, a young artist from London, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, as official artist and draughtsman. When John Webber returned to London in 1780 he was asked by the British Admiralty to compile the official account of the voyage and his portraits & views of the natives he encountered whenever Cook's ships the Resolution and the Discovery made landfall during the voyage, form the core of the collection of accounts & memorabilia that are now housed in Admiralty House in London and at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Finely engraved by Robert Benard, this portrait was included in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in Paris in 1785. 

$150

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ136 - Un Homme De la Terre Van-Diemen. Paris. 1785. B/W. 9½X6¾. This fine portrait of a native man from Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) was drawn by John Webber, a young artist from London who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780, as official artist and draughtsman. Webber took particular delight in sketching the natives whenever Cook's ships the Resolution and the Discovery made landfall during the course of the 3 year voyage. Cook found the Tasmanian natives to be primitive. The men were naked and smeared with red paint and their only method of ornamentation was to raise welts on their bodies as shown in this portrait, which was engraved by Robert Benard for inclusion in the French edition of Cook's Voyages published in Paris in 1785. 

$150

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ137 - J. COOK/R. BENARD Coffre Sculpté des Habitations de la Nouvelle Zélande. Paris. 1784. B/W. 8½X6½. This engraving of a decorative carved box made by the natives of New Zealand, was probably drawn by John Webber, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his 3rd voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. It was engraved by Robert Benard, for the French edition of Cook's Voyages and published in Paris in 1784. 

 

$85

AU-NZ140 - British Admiralty: Australia-South Coast. King Georges Sound and Princess Royal Harbour. London 1879 (Corrected to 1969). Detailed topography and soundings. 33"x25¾" #2619.

$85

AU-NZ141 - British Admiralty: Australia-North Coast. Torres Straight. Thursday Island Harbour. London 1952 (Corrected to 1953). From Admiralty and Australian Government Surveys to 1943. Includes Prince of Wales, Horn Island, Hammond Island and Thursday Island. 20¼"x27½" #383.Double click to enlarge photo

$85

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ142 - British Admiralty: New Zealand-North Island Sheet 1. The Northern Coast form Hokianga on the West to Tutukaka on the East. London 1857 (Corrected to 1966). Includes the Providence of Auckland. 37"x24" #2525.

$85

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ147 - A. BRUE Carte de L'Australie, Partie Sud-ouest De L'Oceanie. Redigee par A. Brue. Geographe du Roi. Paris. 1826. Partial outline color. 14½X20. Beautiful large chart of Australia, New Zealand and New Guinea very finely engraved showing details of harbors around the coasts. Locates Tasmania & the Bass Strait, the Great Barrier Reef & many islands in the Coral Sea including New Caledonia, the New Hebrides, the Solomons & Fiji in Polynesia. Includes 2 finely drawn insets 1. Part of the coast of New South Wales showing Sydney, Port Jackson and Port Macquarie and 2. Islands in the southern latitudes e.g. Lord Aukland's Islands and the Macquarie Islands. This is a very fine chart in excellent condition with wide margins.

$350

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ148 - ANON Le Potouroo. Caractere des pattes et des dents. Paris. c. 1825. Colored. 4X6½. This handsome engraving of an Australian Kangaroo includes sketches of its paws and its skull with teeth. The Kangaroo was first seen by Capt. James Cook & his crew in 1770 as they sailed up the east coast of Australia. The first sketch of the mammal was done by Sydney Parkinson, a draughtsman who accompanied Cook on the voyage and later George Stubbs, an artist working in London did a painting of the animal from a skin brought back by Joseph Banks. Engravers in France copied some of the early sketches and no doubt also acquired a skin and skeleton to work from as portrayed in this early drawing done in Paris in the early 19th century. 

$85

Double click to enlarge photoAU-NZ149 - VAUTIE Le Kangourou Elegant (Halmaturus Elegans.) Paris. c. 1825. Colored. 6½X4½. This somewhat fanciful engraving depicts an Australian Kangaroo drawn from sketches & skins brought back to England and then to France, by navigators & explorers who had seen the mammal on the their voyages to the coasts of Australia following Capt. James Cook's explorations in 1770. Here the animal is depicted in a poised, standing position published in a French book portraying mammals, issued in the early 19th century.

$85

AU-NZ150 - G. VANCOUVER “Village abandonne par les naturels du pays et situe sur le Sound du Roi George III, dans la Nouvelle Hollande.” Paris. 1800. B/W. 4¼X5. Small finely engraved view of an abandoned native village on the shore of King George's Sound, in southwest Australia, was sketched by an artist who accompanied Capt. George Vancouver on his round the world voyage in 1791-1795. Commanding two ships, the “Discovery” and the “Chatham”, Vancouver left England in April 1791 & sailed via the Cape of Good Hope to southwest Australia where he discovered and surveyed King George's Sound before proceeding to Dusky Bay New Zealand in the Fall of 1791. This small engraving was included in the French Octavo edition of Vancouver's Voyages, and published in Paris in 1800.  

$150

AU-NZ160 - BALDWIN & CRADOCK Western Australia Containing the Settlements of Swan River and King George's Sound from recent surveys sent to the Colonial Office and Van Diemen's Island. Published under the Superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge from the mss. map in the Colonial Office. London. 1833. Colored. 12½X16. Two fine maps on one sheet, show harbors around all coastlines & topographical details in inland regions for both Western Australia and Tasmania. Hobart Town is situated on Tasmania's southeast coast and Perth and Fremantle are located on Australia's western coast. This finely engraved two part map was published by the S.D.U.K (Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.) in the early 19th century. The Society was founded in London in 1826 to provide education for those who could not readily afford it. In its early days the Society was extremely successful in publishing maps to accompany texts, as many writers and scholars were prepared to work for little remuneration, and the maps they provided were of very high quality. Although the S.D.U.K suspended operations in 1846, their maps continued to be issued by different publishers until the 1850's and were much in demand, as they are today. 

$225

AU-NZ167 - A. J. JOHNSON “Johnson's Australia and East Indies.” New York. 1867. Colored. 22½X17. Very striking and colorful map shows Australia divided into New South Wales, North, South and Western Australia, Queensland, and Victoria. The southeast and southwest regions are more heavily settled than the rest of the continent, where only harbors are located around the coasts & little or no settlement appears in interior regions. An inset in lower left depicts New Zealand as three islands, named New Ulster, New Munster and New Leinster off the southern tip of the mainland. Tasmania is also depicted and named Van Diemen's Land divided by the Bass Strait from Australia's south eastern coast. To the north of Australia lie the East Indies drawn in fine detail from the Gulf of Siam, Cambodia and Cochin China down to Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Celebes Islands and the Philippines. Papua or New Guinea is shown divided from mainland Australia by the Torres Strait. Map also shows the Ladrone or Mariana Islands with Guam at their southernmost tip. The map also includes tables of counties in the Australian Commonwealth regions of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia. This splendid and very colorful map is from Johnson's “New Illustrated Family Atlas of the World.” 

$325

AU-NZ170 - J. COOK, R. BENARD “Carte De La Nle Galles Meridle au de la Cote Orientale de la Nle Hollande Decouverte et Visitee par le Lieutenant J. Cook. Commandant De L'Endeavour, Vaisseau de sa Majeste en 1770.” Paris. 1784. B/W. 14X30½. In April 1770 Lieutenant James Cook (afterwards Capt.) reached the east coast of Australia after sailing around New Zealand on his round the world voyage to the Pacific of 1768-1771. This fine chart drawn by Cook and engraved by Robert Benard for the French edition of Cook's Voyages, shows Australia's eastern coast surveyed by Cook, from Cape Howe on the southeastern shore to Botany Bay and Port Jackson (Sydney) and continuing up the coast to Point Danger which now marks the border between present day New South Wales and Queensland and was sighted on 16th May. Following that, Cook's ship the Endeavour sailed into a Bay which he called Morton Bay after Lord Morton, President of the Royal Society, and into which flowed a large river where Queensland's capital of Brisbane now stands. Sailing on northward the Endeavour reached the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef and a region of coral reefs called the Labryinth. Here the ship ran aground and only by ‘fothering’ the ship which meant sewing a quantity of oakum and wool into a sail, which they hauled under the ship so that the suction drew it into the hole were the crew able to save the ship and continue up the coast till they sighted the mouth of a river, where they were able to careen the ship on its banks and do the necessary repairs. They named the river, Endeavour, and the place where the ship was beached is present day Cooktown. From this point on Cook's chart shows Cape Weymouth and Cape York at the northernmost tip of the Australian continent where Cook went ashore, hoisted the English colors and took possession of Australia's eastern coast for King George III. This handsome chart provides a wonderful view of the course of Cook's ship the Endeavour up the coast of eastern Australia.

$875

AU-NZ171 - J. SANDS Map of Sections Including Counties of Disraeli, Palmerston, Malmesbury, Roseberry Sidney. Aust. 1886. Colored. 16½X20½. Colorful map shows the four counties in Northern Australia in excellent detail. Locates Port Darwin & Cox's or Douglas Peninsula in Palmerston, Van Diemen's Gulf, Melville Island and Bathhurst Island, the Dundas Strait and the Coburg Peninsula. Depicts small towns and settlements inland and the Overland Telegraph Line running southward from Port Darwin to Mt. Todd and the Edith Reservoir. On the northwest coast map shows Anson Bay and the Daly River running through Malmesbury County. Locates Hyland Bay and Treachery Bay with shoreline contours around the bays. This fine and colorful map is from the New Atlas of Australia by John Sands. 

$210

AU-NZ173 - C. GRAF “Australien” Weimar. 1858 (1861). Partial color. 20¼X25¼. Very striking chart of the Pacific Ocean featuring Australia and New Zealand with detail of harbors around all coastlines. Depicts all the major Pacific island groups including Indonesia and the coasts of China and Japan. Includes 5 very detailed inset charts, 1. The southeast coast of Australia, 2. Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land), 3. New Zealand's North and South Islands, 4. Tahiti Archipelago, and 5. Hawaii Archipelago. The fine attention to detail on this map is typical of the excellence of the work of the German engravers of the 19th century. Published by Geographisches Institut in Weimar in 1858 and drawn by Carl Graf (1822-c.1897).

$225

AU-NZ175 - RAND MCNALLY “New Zealand, British new Guinea and the Fiji Islands.” Chicago. 1892 (1912). Colored. 19X12¼. Handsome map shows New Zealand's North and South Islands, with harbors, cities, towns & rivers in fine detail. Locates Cook Strait, Bay of Plenty, Hawkes Bay, Stewart Island and the Foveaux Strait off the southern tip of New Zealand's South Island. Includes a detailed inset chart of the Fiji Islands plus insets of the Chatham Islands and British New Guinea showing Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the Louisade Archipelago. A fine map from Rand Mcnally's New Library of the World.  

$150

AU-NZ176 - C. S. HAMMOND “Islands of the Pacific Ocean”. NY 1936. Printed color. 10½X15. Excellent map of the islands that focuses on New Zealand in the center with great detail of harbors around the coast and cities and towns inland. Map includes small inset charts of 1. Auckland, 2. Samoa, 3, Fiji, 4. Tonga, 5. Marshall islands, 6, Ladrone or Marianas, 7, Solomon Islands, 8. New Hebrides, 9. Guam, 10, Cook Island. Tubai, 11. Ellice Islands, 12, Marquesas, 13. Gilbert Islands, 14. Low Archipelago, and 15, Society Islands. The detail on the map includes steamship lines and island capitals, boundary lines and sea depths in English feet. A fine map. From C. S. Hammond's “New World Atlas”.

$110

AU-NZ178 - “GLEASON'S PICTORIAL DRAWING ROOM COMPANION.” NY. 1853. B/W. 14½X10. Finely drawn steel engraving shows at top, 'Kororarika Beach, Bay of Islands depicting leafy trees above a beach with a sailing vessel in the background offshore. Locates dwellings and a couple of natives on a hillside near a fallen tree. The text under the scene reads “The large illustration which we present above shows Kororarika Beach the principal residence of the Europeans at the Bay of Islands. It was so named by the brave, but ill-fated Capt. Cook, because of the large number of it's islands. Ships of the largest burden can approach within half a mile from the shore, at any point, and the water is always smooth. Herewith we also present a portrait of a Herald or Peace-Maker, and also a Bay of Islands Chief, and as specimens of the natives they form a very dignified sample.......” The portraits show each of the Chiefs in native dress and are finely engraved.

$80

AU-NZ211 - BRITISH ADMIRALTY “Australia. East Coast. Queensland. Brisbane River. Surveyed by Mr. D. Fison. Assistant Engineer. 1900.” London. 1910 (1938). B/W. 46X26.This chart is an emergency reproduction by the U. S. Hydrographic Office, Wash. D.C. of the British Admiralty Chart, printed in March 1941-1943. The chart was used in WWII aboard the U. S. Escort Carrier “Mission Bay” and includes depth soundings, courses, lights, beacons and navigational notes. Chart #1674.

$110

AU-NZ212 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Australia. South Coast. Victoria-Port Phillip, Hobson's Bay, River Yarra and Melbourne. From Australian Surveys in 1930 and 1931, with corrections to 1943.” Wash. D.C. 1926 (1944). Grey/blue/white color. 39X36. Intensely detailed chart with street block plan of Melbourne, depicts Port Melbourne, Hobsons Bay and the River Yarra and includes many depth soundings, courses, beacons, buoys and navigational notes. Chart #3532.

$110

AU-NZ215 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Australia. East Coast. Claremont Point to Turtle Group. From British Surveys between 1843 &1901” Wash. D.C. 1925 (1930). 26½X49. B/W. Very detailed section of the Barrier Reef depicts hundreds of depth soundings, small islands, reefs, Bathurst Head and Range and Melville. This is a fine sea chart for navigating a difficult and dangerous region of Australia's eastern coast. Chart #3461. (Condition. Staining down lower center fold and in outer bottom margin. Otherwise good.) 

$80

AU-NZ216 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Australia. East Coast. Cape Grafton to Double Point. From British Surveys between 1848 &1924.” Wash. D.C. 1925/1930. B/W. 39X27½.. Very detailed chart of a section of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, shows Cairns and the Bellenden Ker Mountains, and depicts hundreds of depth soundings along the coast and offshore. Includes 3 compass roses as aids to mariners navigating the region and shows both topographical and hydrographical details and many reefs along the coast and in offshore waters. Chart #3458.

$80

AU-NZ217 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Australia North and East Coasts. Booby Island to Cape Grenville with Portions of the Barrier Reefs and Raine Island Entrance. From British Surveys between 1843 and 1923.” Wash. D.C. 1925-1930. B/W. 26X47. This fine chart locates Prince of Wales Island, Endeavour Strait, Newcastle Bay, Shelburne Bay, Cookburn Reef, and Pandora Entrance and Raine Island on the Barrier Reef at 11°35'50"S. Includes a large inset in lower left of Raine Island Entrance and an engraved landfall approach view of the island as an aid to mariners. The chart is intensely detailed with hundreds of depth soundings and reefs located along a difficult and dangerous shoreline. An excellent chart of the region. Chart #3467 

$110

AU-NZ218 - U. S. HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE “Australia East Coast. Cape Grenville to Cape Direction. From British Surveys between 1893 and 1896.” Wash. D.C. 1925-1930. B/W. 39X26. This fine chart follows the coast from Shelburne Bay and Cape Grenville down to Cape Weymouth and Cape Direction and shows both hydrographical and topographical details with hundreds of depth soundings along the coast and offshore. Includes many small islands and reefs and depicts Wreck Bay on the Barrier Reef. Detailed navigational notes are included on the chart for mariners navigating a difficult and dangerous region. Chart #3463.

$85

AU-NZ224 - G. CRAM “New Zealand. South Island” and “West Australia” and “South Australia” Chicago. 1898. Colored. 13½X21. Attractive double page sheet shows New Zealand's South Island with insets of Tasmania and the Chatham Islands, plus maps of West and South Australia. The detail of cities, towns and harbors is excellent. Counties are depicted in different colors and the map sheet includes references to population growth, areas in square miles and Chief Cities. Published in Cram's “Superior Atlas of the World” in Chicago in 1898.

$70

AU-NZ226 - J. H. COLTON “Australia and New Zealand” & “Oceanica.” NY. 1860. Colored. 12X10. Two maps on one sheet depicting Australia & New Zealand with an inset chart of the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) includes a profile view of the Hawaiian mountains & their heights on a scale of feet. The 2nd map titled “Oceanica” depicts Australia & New Zealand along with Indonesia, Polynesia & all the islands in the North & South Pacific. On the verso (back) is a handsome map of Africa with an inset of Liberia. From J. H. Colton's School Atlas of 1860.

$155

AU-NZ227 - C. S. HAMMOND “Australia” N.Y. 1936. Colored. 10½X15. This colorful & detailed map shows Australia divided into New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Queensland & the Northern Territory. Locates all principal cities, towns & harbors, with settlements primarily around coastal regions. Includes 3 inset maps 1.) Tasmania, 2.) Sydney & Vicinity & 3.) Melbourne & Port Phillip. Depicts the Great Barrier Reef, railroads, submarine telegraph, lighthouses, Federal & State Capitals, elevations in feet & offshore depths. Very good condition.

$110

AU-NZ228 - G. W. COLTON “Australia.” New York 1855. Colored. 13X15½. Very colorful map shows Australia divided into New South Wales, Victoria, West Australia, Northern Territory, & South Australia. Depicts harbors around the coasts with cities & towns primarily located around coastal areas. Inland, there is still very little settlement & most of the central plains have yet to be surveyed. Includes lists of counties & shows the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's northeast coast with Horse Shioe Shoal located offshore. The map was published by J. H. Colton in “Colton's Atlas of the World Illustrating Physical & Political Geography.” in 1855. Includes a decorative border frame. The Colton family of publishers founded their business in New York in 1831. Joseph Hutchins Colton (1800-1893) started the business & he was succeeded by his son George Woolworth Colton, who took over the publishing business when his father retired.

$265

AU-NZ229 - A. & C. BLACK “New Zealand.” Edinburgh. c. 1840. Colored. 15X10½. Excellent map of New Zealand's North and South Islands with topographical details & the height of mountains expressed in feet. Depicts Wellington & Admiral's Bay, Queen Charlotte's Sound & Cook Strait that divides the North & South Islands. Locates Aukland & the Gulf of Hauraki, & many harbors around the northern coast. Depicts Bank's Peninsula on the east coast of the South Island & Foveaux Strait located at the southern end of the South Island dividing it from Stewart island which is called New Leinster. Also includes two insert maps 1.) Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) & 2.) The Settled Portion of Western Australia Comprehending Swan River & Australand. Engraved by William Hughes (1818-1876) a prominent Edinburgh engraver for Adam & Charles Black's “General Atlas of the World.” c. 1840.

$265

AU-NZ230 - A. GROSS “New Zealand. Political.” London. c. 1912. Colored. 24X18. This is a great map of New Zealand showing all the major cities, towns & harbors, & depicts Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill & all rivers & bays around the coasts. Locates Cook's Strait dividing the North & South Islands & Stewart Island at the southern end of the South Island. Includes 2 inset maps 1.) Titled “Economics” showing the coal, gold, silver, platinum regions etc., & 2.) Titled “Density of Population.” The map was produced & published by Geographia Ltd. as part of their “Popular Series of Reference Maps.”

$210

AU-NZ231 - F. B. SCHELL “General Map of the North Island. New Zealand.” Sydney, Australia. 1888. Colored 24X14½. Excellent map of New Zealand's North island shows cities, towns, counties, harbors, roads & railroads. Depicts rivers, bays & inlets & offshore islands. Published in the “Picturesque Atlas of Australasia” edited by the Hon. Andrew Garran, M.A. with over 800 engravings on wood. Illustrated under the direction of Frederick B. Schell. Attractive & colorful.

$210

AU-NZ233 - J. W. A. MARCHANT “Middle Island (Te Wai-Pounamu) New Zealand Showing the State of the Public Surveys 1903.” Wellington, NZ 1903. Colored. 32½X26½. Large, intensely detailed public survey map shows hundreds of cities, towns, villages, harbors, roads & railroads with topographical details. The map represents the Public Surveys taken in 1903, depicting boundaries & boroughs & land divisions. Includes 5 small inset charts of islands 1.) Bounty Id. 2.) Antipodes Id, 3.) Auckland Ids, 4.) Campbell Ids, & 5.) Chatham Ids. Drawn by G. P. Wilson the Survey was printed under the supervision of J. W. A. Marchant, Surveyor General. Printed by John Mackay, Government Printer for the Department of Lands & Survey, Wellington, New Zealand. (These large surveys are scarce in good condition. This one is good with only one fold.)

$285

 

 

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