Atlas of Australia with all the Gold Regions

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Limited edition

A series of maps from the latest and best authorities. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, c. 1853. Quarto, later gilt-lettered cloth, containing six hand-coloured engraved maps (five double page, and one folding) of the gold regions of Australia, a few pale stains, short tape repair to the margin of the first map, and a longer tape repair to a tear across the second map. A scarce atlas of the gold regions of Australasia during the commencement of the gold rush of the 1850s. Contents: I. General map of Australasia, New Zealand, Polynesia and surrounding islands II. Australia divided into districts III. New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, shewing the different gold deposits IV. New South Wales divided into counties, with all the gold deposits accurately laid down, and a plan of Sydney V. Victoria divided into counties, with all the gold deposits accurately laid down, and a plan of the Mount Alexander Gold Region VI. New Zealand, Van Diemen s Land, and the settled portion of Western Australia, comprehending the Swan River and Australind.

• Binding: Hardcover

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