[MITCHELL, Major Sir Thomas Livingston] ANDREWS, Alan E.J.

Major Mitchell's Map, 1834. The Saga of the Survey of the Nineteen Counties

Hobart, Blubber Head Press, 1992.

Octavo, xviii, 402 pages with 42 illustrations and 54 maps.

Cloth; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper.

An account of the making of this important map, 'the basis upon which subsequent geographic knowledge and land settlement were built', produced during the years 1827-34 when Mitchell was Surveyor-General of NSW. This edition is limited to 1000 copies.

Item #144442

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