Arrowsmith John 1790 (7 results)

First edition of this important and highly detailed, c.19th hand coloured engraved map of southern Australia by John Arrowsmith (1790-1873), showing the extent of geographical knowledge and inland exploration published in London on 15 February 1834. The map delineates the nineteen counties of New South Wales, all outlined and named, and extends geographically from Moreton Bay in present-day Queensland, south and west to Coffin Bay and Spencer Gulf in South Australia. Its principal focus is the Murray-Lachlan-Murrumbidgee river system, depicted in accordance with Charles Sturt's expeditions, including his descent of the Murray River to its mouth at Encounter Bay in 1830, an achievement that fundamentally reshaped contemporary understanding of Australia's interior drainage. The map records exploration routes with exceptional clarity, including a tabulated reference identifying the tracks and mileage of twelve major journeys undertaken between 1817 and 1830. These include the expeditions of John Oxley (1817, 1818), Mark John Currie (1823), Hamilton Hume (1824), Allan Cunningham (1823, 1825, 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829), and Charles Sturt (1828, 1830). Additional exploration routes not listed in the table are also engraved on the map, notably those of Thomas Mitchell during his 1831-32 journeys northwards to the Darling River via the Gwydir and Karaula rivers. Although previously misattributed in some references, these tracks correctly represent Mitchell's work rather than Cunningham's, who was in England at the time. Aboriginal river names, including Dumaresque (or Karaula) and Gwydir (or Kindur), are recorded alongside European nomenclature, reflecting the synthesis of Indigenous knowledge and colonial exploration. Topographical and geological observations appear throughout, including notes on river widths, soil conditions, sulphate of lime deposits along the Murrumbidgee, sandy soils west of the Murray, and descriptions such as "low unbroken country" south of the Murrumbidgee. The Great Dividing Range is shown discontinuously, labelled variously as the Australian Alps or White Mountains and the Blue Mountains, with northern sections left unnamed, underscoring the incomplete state of contemporary knowledge. Eastern-flowing rivers are mapped in greater detail from Port Macquarie south to Broulee, while westward-flowing inland rivers are tentatively traced based on exploratory reports. The map also incorporates an inset of south-western Western Australia, extending from Cape Leschenault on the west coast to Mount Barren on the south coast, showing the routes of Captain Bannister from Perth to Point Nuyts and Ensign Dale's 1830 expedition eastwards to Mount Stirling. This inset remained unchanged throughout subsequent states of the map, indicating its perceived reliability and completeness at the time of publication. In the Port Phillip region, then still part of New South Wales, the only inland detail shown is Hamilton Hume's route from the Murrumbidgee to Port Phillip, crossing the Hume (later Murray), Ovens and Goulburn rivers. Notably, this map presents the first depiction of the upper Murray River, including a southern tributary named the Oxley River. The southern coastline from Indented Head westwards to Cape Northumberland is rendered as uncertain, reflecting ongoing coastal survey work. Significant new information appears in South Australia, derived from Captain Collet Barker's surveys of 1831, particularly along the eastern shore of the Gulf of St Vincent. Technique: Copper engraving with original hand colouring. Condition: In good condition, with centre fold as issued. Image size: (H) 19.8" x (W) 23.8" Paper size: (H) 20.9 x (W) 25.2".

Technic: Steel engraving, colorit: original colored, condition: Binding in leather, titel in gold embossing, size (in cm): 32 x 23,5 cm, Atlas with 47 double-page maps of the world, including the solar system. Plates 3 and 17 have been professionally restored.

Folio (21 2/8 x 14 inches). Engraved title-page, Preface and Contents leaf. 52 fine double-page engraved maps with original hand-colour in outline and in part, including 2 maps of the world and of the 4 continents, as well as comprehensive regional maps of the rest of the world, including 6 of Australasia, and 11 of the Americas, 3 maps are with added folding extensions. Original publisher's half red morocco, cloth, gilt, maroon morocco lettering-piece on the front cover (a bit worn at the extremities and stained). Arrowsmith's beautiful, comprehensive, and up to the minute atlas, was first published in 1834 with 50 maps. Most of the maps in this later edition are dated 1832, with the most recent dated 1838, but many dated in between. The maps of Australia and America are: "Map of the Discoveries in Australia, Copied from the latest M.S. Surveys in the Colonial Office", 1834, including the tracks of explorers from Oxley in 1817 to Sturt in 1830, with insets of Australia in Asia and the Colony of Western Australia "Discoveries in Western Australia from documents furnished to the Colonial Office by J.S. Roe.", 1833, with five inset maps: Guildford, Augusta, Kelmscott, Perth and Fremantle. Sir James Stirling remarks of the colony that ".in general it is neither rich nor inviting". Showing the south-western tip of Western Australia with the explorations of Lt. W. Preston from Fremantle in 1830, and Dr. A. Collie south to the Bay du Geographe in 1829; east and north of Perth are explorations by Ens. R. Dale in Oct. 1830 and 1831 of the Swan, Helena and Avon valleys. Lt. A. Erskine's route in 1830 is parallel and north of Ensign Dale's 1830 track from the Swan to the Avon valleys; Capt. M. J. Currie's [1829] track going south from Cockburn Sound to Peel Inlet and returning appears; Govr. James Stirling and J. S. Roe's [1830] tracks examining the Preston and Collie rivers flowing into Leschenault Inlet are marked; a supposed track of convicts from King Georges Sound going north-west to the Vasse Inlet in 1830 appears; in the south-west region the tracks of J.G. Bussell, from Vasse Inlet south to Augusta and back, in 1831 are shown; an overland route established by Capt. T. Bannister's explorations from Fremantle to the south coast at Albany in Feb. 1831 appears; also in the vicinity of Albany the tracks of Dr. T. B. Wilson a naval surgeon, from Albany west as far as Wilson Inlet and north to the vicinity of present day Kendenup and back to Albany in 1829, are shown; in the same area Dr. A. Collie's track in April 1831 is sown as a circular route north and west of Wyndham; Govr. James Stirling and J. S. Roe's route northwest of Albany in 1831 is marked and their track in the H.M.S. Sulphur travelling east from Albany along the south coast to C. Knob; Dale's route from Albany north to the ranges and back in 1832 is marked; Lt. W. Preston's route is shown travelling west in 1831 along the south coast to Green Pt. by boat after disembarking from H.M.S. Sulphur just east of Rame Pt (Irwin Inlet) where his boat was wrecked. "Eastern Portion of Australia" with insets of Torres Strait and Van Diemens Land "Australia from Surveys made by Order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c", 1838 with an inset of the eastern hemisphere "Van Diemens Land", 1834 "Pacific Ocean", 1832 "America", 1835 "British North America", 1837 "Upper Canada &c", 1838 "Lower Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edwards Id., Newfoundland, and a large portion of the United States", 1838, with an inset of Newfoundland "United States", 1834 "Mexico", 1832, set within a larger map of the Gulf and the lower United States, with an inset of Mexico "West Indies", 1832, with an inset of Tabasco "South America", 1834 "Colombia", 1834 "Peru & Bolivia", 1834 "Brazil", 1832 "The United Provinces of La Plata, Band Oriental, & Chile, is drawn principally from M.S.S. furnished by Woodbine Parish", 1834. John Arrowsmith was neph.

No Binding. Condition: Near Fine. Type: Map Copper engraving with original hand colouring. 23 1/2 x 18 3/4 inches. Paper size: 24 2/4 x 21 3/4.In excellent condition, with center fold as issued. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Missing part external margin restored, size (in cm): 20,5 x 26 cm, Map shows totla Prussia with the Baltic Sea. On inset map Neuchatel and Valangin.

Condition: ACEPTABLE. [Un] Mapa representando la Península Ibérica ylas Islas Balearesespecialmente diseñado para representar con suma claridad los caminos y rutas de postas de la España durante la primera mitad del siglo XIX. Obra de John Arrowmith (1790-1873) un cartógrafo inglés,sobrino de Aaron Arrowsmith, también cartógrafo. Sus contribuciones a la cartografía canadiense llevaron al monte Arrowsmith, enVancouver, a recibir su nombre. El río Arrowsmith de Australia también lleva su nombre. Además, junto a los dos hijos de su tío Aaron, Aaron Jr. y Samuel,fundóla Sociedad Geográfica de Londres en 1830. Y en 1863 recibió la medalla de oro de la Royal Geographical Society, que era como se conocía a la Sociedad Geográfica de Londres tras obtener el patrocinio del rey Guillermo IV. Su obra más icónica fue el "London Atlas of Universal Geography", editado por primera vez en 1834 y compuesto de 50 mapas. ["J. Bye Sculp. 34 Duke Str. Smithfield."] . Formato (cm): 20 aproxx30.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Type: Map Switzerland & C., and the Passes of the Alps From: First edition (1834) of the London Atlas of Universal Geography (50 maps) Engraving with original outline coloring. 21 ¾ x 26 ¾ inches. 59 x 47cm. Photo scan available. Shipments to USA, USPS via Canada Post Express; FREE OF CUSTOMS OR DUTY CHARGE.