Oceanica.
by WELLS, J. (CARTOGRAPHER), SHERMAN, G. E. (ENGRAVER)
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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About This Item
[New York.]: McNally.. [1866].. Printed map with original handcolour, 21.4 x 27.3 cm, inset map of the Sandwich Islands, cross-section profiles showing mountain heights above sea level, edges of the map chipped and browned and the paper toned, tidemak to the lower left corner, prepared as map 33 for "McNally's System of Geography" with their text on the verso, in very good condition. Attractive coloured map of the Pacific.The Northern Territory is marked as North Australia and Alexandra Land and the South Island of New Zealand as Munster Land. The foot of the map features cross-section profiles through Southeast Asia, the north and east coast of Australia, Tasmania, the Islands of New Zealand and Hawaii. The Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, is shown in an inset map lower right corner. “Polynesia” is shown in a wide arc over the Pacific encompassing Polynesia and Micronesia; “Malaysia” in an arc stretching from Sumatra to just north of the Philippines, and “Australasia” across Australia and New Zealand. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 176013
- Title
- Oceanica.
- Author
- WELLS, J. (CARTOGRAPHER), SHERMAN, G. E. (ENGRAVER)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- McNally.
- Place of Publication
- [New York.]
- Date Published
- [1866].
- Keywords
- Australasia, Australia, Cartography, Hawaii, Map, Oceania, Pacific, Polynesia, Zz_gallery_ephemera_and_maps, zz_ListOn_eBay
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Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
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Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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