Tasmania-sprent-1859
$7,500.00
Title
This Map of Tasmania in 1859, Sir Henry Edward Fox Young Knight Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath Being Governor in Chief, and teh Honble. Francis Smigh Attorney General being Premier is dedicated to his Excellency and the Parliament by James Sprent, Surveyor General.
1859 (dated)
1 : 316800
Description
The first, largest, best colonial and settlement era map of Tasmania. This is the James Sprent / William Hogan 1859 map of Tasmania in its deluxe large-format presentation edition. It is the product of nearly 20 years of meticulous trigonometrical survey work and covers all of Tasmania with a heretofore unprecedented degree of precision. The map features manuscript annotation of several voyages dating to the 1920s, underscoring its enduring significance as the best reconnaissance of Tasmania more than 70 years after its issue.