23407 Cottage Map No. 3. Committee of General Literature and Education SPCK, London, nd c. 1845. Engraved map, 47 x 57 cm., original hand-colouring, 2 wood-engraved vignettes (view Sydney & NZ natives) , centrefold crease, a very good copy of an extremely rare map of unexplored Australia. Tooley ref. 1184. Framed and glazed. Text at bottom of map gives interesting information (dated census 1841) on population and development of missions and clergy in Australia and New Zealand. Interior of continent marked "Unexplored Regions", with Eyre's mythical horseshoe-shaped Lake Torrens as the only feature apart from major NSW rivers. A rare map to find in any condition, let alone very good, due to fragility of paper - many were published, few survived. $750.00AUD
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