Blaeu's Atlas of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland
London, Thames and Hudson, [1970s] (facsimile edition)/ 1645 and 1654. Number 26 of only 500 copies; with an introduction by R.V. Tooley. More
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Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874
Melbourne, Printed for the Author by McCarron, Bird, 1875. More
![Item #136838 The North Wales Coast [cover title]. Darlington's handbooks, Ralph DARLINGTON](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/136838_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1698119059)
The North Wales Coast [cover title]
Llangollen, Darlington & Co., [1903-04]. More
Australia's Coast. An Environmental Atlas Guide with Base-lines
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1976. The front free endpaper is inscribed ('With best regards on the first edition 12/4/77') and signed by the author. More
A Complete Map of the Southern Continent survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman & depicted by order of the East India Company in Halland [sic] in the Stadt House in Amsterdam
[London, Printed for T. Woodward (and others), 1744]. The first dedicated English map of Australia, originally issued as part of the second edition of John Harris's 'Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels' (London, 1744-1748); 'Vol. 1, page 325' is printed in the top right-hand..... More
The Discovery and Exploration of Australia
Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1970. With the publisher's prospectus loosely inserted. An important (and very useful) reference work. More
Travel Guide of the 'Nederland' Royal Mail Line
[Amsterdam, Nederland Royal Mail Line Amsterdam, after 1932]. The maps include: Batavia, Singapore, Belawan, Sabang, Colombo, and Ceylon; the sky charts depict the constellations (Northern and Southern Hemispheres, and Equatorial). More
Edward Gibbon's Atlas of the World. Introduction and Commentary by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto
London, The Folio Society, 1991 (first thus). Modern maps and Index Gazetteer by Andrew Heritage and P.J.M. Geelan. More
Chambers's Encyclopaedia. A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. New Edition
London, William & Robert Chambers, 1888 to 1892 [second, extensively revised, edition]. 'In this edition, the majority of the articles were rewritten and the articles on American matters were written mainly by Americans and an edition published there by Messrs. Lippincott of Philadelphia so that Lippincott and Chambers could claim..... More
Report of the Masters and Wardens of the Trinity House of Port Adelaide, appointed to inquire into the Loss of the 'Melbourne' at the Mouth of the River Murray; together with Minutes of Evidence
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1860. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 25 of 1860. The steamer sank without loss of life after having initially struck on the eastern bank of the Channel after leaving Goolwa. A re-survey of the mouth of the Murray was organized; the accompanying chart is overprinted..... More
The American Practical Navigator
Bethesda, Defense Mapping Agency Hydrographic/ Topographic Center, 1995 [revised edition]/ 1958 (revised edition)/ 1802. 'The present volume retains the basic format of the revised 1958 version, but reorganizes the subjects, deletes obsolete text, and adds new material to keep pace with the extensive changes in navigation that have taken place..... More
Johann Schöner's Globe of 1515. Transcription and Study
Philadelphia, American Philosophical Society, 2010. A detailed examination of the globes of the German astronomer and cartographer Johannes Schöner. Inscribed and signed by the author 'To Bill, My heartfelt thanks for your help with the book and my very best wishes, Chet'. More
Australia in Maps. Great Maps in Australia's History from the National Library's Collection
Canberra, National Library of Australia, 2007. More
Gallipoli. Companion to the Feature Length Documentary
Istanbul, Ekip Film, 2005. More
Australia on Paper. The Story of Australian Mapping
Box Hill, The Author, 1992. The author spent more than 28 years with National Mapping, retiring in 1976 as Director Designate of the Division of National Mapping. More
Smith's New General Atlas, containing Distinct Maps of all the Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, carefully delineated from the best Authorities extant
London, Printed for C. Smith, Mapseller Extraordinary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, 1809. An attractive Georgian atlas 'on a Scale sufficiently large for the Purposes of general Reading, and yet not too inconvenient for the Study, or the Table' (advertisement at the foot of the contents page)..... More
A History of the Sixth Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1965-1985
[Enoggera], The Battalion, 1986 [expanded edition]/ 1967. The complete history of the Battalion, reprinting the material contained in the two earlier volumes, 'Vietnam. A Pictorial History of the Sixth Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966-1967' (1967) and 'The History of 6 RAR-NZ (Anzac) Battalion, 1967-1970' (1972), and adding to it..... More
Official Handbook. The Port of Sydney, NSW
Sydney, The Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners, 1919. Four of the folding maps are superb bird's-eye views, from artwork by William Henry Withers. Details of these evocative illustrations are as follows; it is scarcely any wonder that copies of this work are rarely found intact. (1) 'Birds Eye View of the..... More
The Cartography of the East Indian Islands. Insulae Indiae Orientalis
London, Countrywide Editions, 2005. A serious 'first attempt to present in chronological order an account' of the mapping of the 'larger Southeast Asian region to which the true Spice Islands belong, from classical times through to the beginning of the nineteenth century'. Not stated, but limited to 1500 copies, and..... More
First Annual Report of the North Australia Commission. Period covered to 30th June 1927. [Plus] Second Annual Report... 1st July, 1927, to 31st December, 1928
Canberra, Government Printer, 1928 and 1929. Commonwealth Parliamentary Papers Number 222 of 1926-27-28 (only 835 copies), and Number 15 of 1929 (Second Session) (only 840 copies). The Commission, empowered to function from the proclamation of the Northern Australia Act of 1926 on 1 February 1927 (resulting in the proclamation of..... More
Java La Grande. The Portuguese Discovery of Australia circa 1521
Hobart, Publishers PL, 1984. More
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Proposed New Hundred and Agricultural Area [in Portion of Kangaroo Island]
Adelaide, W.C. Cox, Government Printer, 1870. The areas under discussion are near Kingscote. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 216 of 1870. More
The West Point Military History of The Second World War. [Comprising] Europe and the Mediterranean; Asia and the Pacific; and Military Campaign Atlas
Wayne, Avery Publishing Group, 1989. Not least, the atlas contains 135 pages of detailed colour maps. More
Geographie de la Chine, 1930
Zi-Ka-Wei [near Shanghai], Imprimerie de l'Orphinat de T'ou-Se-We, 1930 [second edition]/ 1929. Loosely inserted are three contemporary maps in French, neatly hand-drawn and hand-coloured in outline, of China, Indo-China and the French colonies in the Pacific, and a printed map in English, removed from another book, showing the coast and..... More
Report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the Condition of the Harbour of Port Jackson; together with the Minutes of Proceedings, Verbal Evidence, Answers to Queries, and Appendix
Sydney, Thomas Richards, Government Printer, 1866. New South Wales Parliamentary Paper 9-A of 1866. The Commission, headed by Commander Frederic William Sidney RN, was appointed to 'inquire and report on the present condition of the Harbour of Port Jackson, and particularly into the changes which have taken place in the..... More