New South Wales Australia hook shaped Lake Torrens Gold 1853 Hughes scarce map
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & Prints Part of Australia
comprising the settled portion
of New South Wales
and South Australia
Issued Edinburgh, 1853 by A. & C. Black.
Engraved in London by W. Hughes.
Lovely mid-19th century antique map. Engraved with original hand color.
Scarce map, appearing only briefly in this manner*.
Note the prominent erroneously hook-shaped Lake Torrens at left, one of the more dramatic appearances of this short-lived cartographic myth. Gold deposits highlighted in bright yellow according to key lower right.
A nice level of topographic detail adds to the map's visual appeal. Inset lower left of Norfolk Island showing a settlement.
Paper gently and uniformly age-toned, but otherwise a clean and fine example. Map displays a pleasant, mellow age patina.
Sheet measures c. 12 1/4" x 17 1/4".
Printed area measures c. 10 1/4" x 14 1/2".
*Tooley, Mapping of Australia, IV , NSW; 95. (noting numerous successive states,e ach appearing for only a brief period).
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers , vol. 2, p. 253.
[R13647]