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Prints — Maps - Art - Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd.
Auction House:
| Leski Auctions Pty. Ltd. | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 10 |
| Lots with images: | 10 |
| Prices available: | 10 |
Category:
Prints - Maps
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| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | 'J. Mcdouall Stuart's Explorations Across the Continent of Australia, with Charts, 1861-62' by John McDouall Stuart (Melbourne, 1863), with large fold-out map, worn original cloth-backed card boards | *** |  |
| *** | Australia: 'Southern Hemisphere', hand-coloured engraved map, by William Faden, Geographer to the King and H.R.H, the Prince of Wales (London, 1802), with Australia named 'New Holland', shows Bass's Strait, though south coast of Australia from Western… | *** |  |
| *** | A chart of the discoveries made in the South Sea, or Pacific Ocean, previous to AD 1579. And shewing the opinions entertained by the geographers of that period, concerning the existence of lands in the parts which had not been explored', hand-coloured… | *** |  |
| *** | Holy Land: Sanson-Jaillot: 'Judea Seu Terra Sancta, Qu' Hebr'orum Sive Isr'litarum Terra' (Amsterdam, 1696), hand-coloured engraved map, elaborate cartouches, one showing Adam & eve in garden of Eden, other with Moses, window mounted, overall 100 x 70 cm | *** |  |
| *** | 'Fiji Islands, from the Surveys of Captain H.M.Denham RN FRS 1854-6, Lieutenant W.U.Moore and G.E.Richards Rn 1876-82', hand-coloured engraved map, published at the Admiralty 17th July 1879 (with corrections to 1894), (London), overall 101 x 69 cm a… | *** |  |
| *** | 'A Chart of Captn. Carteret's Discoveries at New Britain, with part of Captn. Cook's Passage Thro Endeavour Streights & of Captn. Dampiers Tract & Discoviers in 1699 & 1700 at New Guinea & New Britain', engraved map published by Alexander Hogg (London,… | *** |  |
| *** | 'Australia. East Coast - broken Bay, Surveyed by Capt Drinkwater Bethune Cb and Capt J.Lort Stokes RN in HMS Conway and Acheron', hand-coloured engraved map, published at the Hydrographic office of the Admiralty Feby 28th 1853 (London), window mounted,… | *** |  |
| *** | Asia: 'Carte D'une Partie du grand Archipel D'Asie', by Louis Claude Freycinet (Paris, 1809), lovely detailed map of Timor & Flores, window mounted, overall 43 x 37 cm condition A. (Tooley 654) | *** |  |
| *** | New Guinea : 'Carte Des Decouvertes du Capne. Carteret Dans La Nle. Bretagne, Avec Une Partie du Passage du Capne. Cook a Travers Les Detroits Endeavour, Et de La Route Et Des Decouvertes du Capne. Dampierre Dans La Nle. Guinee et la Nle Bretagne En 1699… | *** |  |
| *** | Map of Christmas Island: 'Christmas Island, Discovered in the ships Resolution and Discovery 1777' by Captain Cook, from the English edition of Cook's Voyages (London,), attractive engraved map, overall 28 x 23 cm | *** |  |