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  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London – April 1925 – The Great Barrier Reef

    The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society London – April 1925 – The Great Barrier Reef

    Complete edition April 1925 in original blue wrappers. Pages 281-376 after adverts, preliminaries etc with folding map at rear.

    The Great Barrier Reef by Colonel Sir Gerald Lenox-Conyngham and F.A. Potts the latter talking about “Life of the Reef”. Irish born Conyngham (1866-1956) was a surveyor and geodesist of some note. He was trained at the Royal Military Academy Woolwich and at Chatham. His study partly emphasises how little was known about the Great Barrier Reef at the time and his remarks and the report of Potts resulted in some lengthy discussion afterwards with interesting references back to Bramble, Stokes, Owen Stanley etc again emphasising the importance of the knowledge gained during those early 19thC voyages.

    Further of interest is a lengthy report on Nepal by Brig-General C.G. Bruce and Major Northey with a nice map and excellent photographs.

    And, a good study of the North-West extensions of the Jubaland Plain and the drainage of the Upper Nile by John Parkinson

    Great Barrier Reef – 1925 Perspective

    $90.00

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  • Map of The Turkish Empire – Tirion – 1730

    Map of The Turkish Empire – Tirion – 1730

    An original copper engraved map by Dutch cartographer Isaak Tirion (1705-1765) of the Turkish Empire. Published in Amsterdam 1730. Very good original condition with centrefold as issued. Incredible detail throughout. Mountain ranges shown pictorially.

    Tirion produced several Atlases and Dutch town plans. Some suggest that his maps were based on those of Guillaume de L’isle although we see them as being much more detailed than de L’ísle’s standard.

    Naturally the map takes in areas not part of the broader Turkish Empire and covers from Portugal in the west to Persia in the east, the Horn of Africa in the South and beyond the Crimea in the North

    Price $120.00 unframed. Dimensions 34cm by 28cm.

    Very good early 18th century Tirion Map

    $120.00

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  • Curious Map of the Eastern Hemisphere – Calmet 1728 – Early Australia Outline

    Curious Map of the Eastern Hemisphere – Calmet 1728 – Early Australia Outline

    An original special and unusual copper engraved map by Antoine Calmet (1672-1757) published in 1728 for his work on the Creation of the World. Below the map of the Old World is a sphere representing the creation of the Universe with the Earth at its centre. Very good condition un-coloured as it should be with a strong plate impression. 33cms by 22cms in plate impression.

    Whilst the map highlights Africa, Europa and Asia the strong depiction of those parts of Australia discovered and mapped by the Dutch is charming with the Gulf of Carpentaria connected to New Guinea as was thought then.

    Calmet was a French Benedictine monk and scholar born in Lorraine. He became very learned and out of humility refused honours from the Pope. The map is believed to have been engraved by Strackman (1680-1730) who worked with distinguished cartographers De Fer and De L’ilsle

    Price $290.00 framed in stylish charcoal frame in cream mat with black core … a combination that works well with early uncoloured maps … enquire if you wish this map unframed or an alternative.

    Unusual early 18thC map with good Australian relevance

    $290.00

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  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1926 March – George Binney – Amundsen’s Polar Flight

    The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 1926 March – George Binney – Amundsen’s Polar Flight

    A very good copy of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, March 1926, containing “Amundsen’s Polar Flight: Review” by George Binney.

    Binney reviews the two publications of Amundsen’s Polar flight: My Polar Flight – Roald Amundsen, and Our Polar Flight – Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth, both published in 1925.

    Also in this edition; an essay regarding the inter-relations of East African territories, with accompanying colour map by Maj. A. G. Church; a wonderful examination of the lakes of Scotland and Switzerland by Prof. Leon W. Collet with maps, contours, geographical and mathematical analysis and splendid photographs to accompany the piece.

    $60.00

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  • The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society – 1929 August – E. B. Worthington – The Life of Lake Albert and Lake Kioga

    The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society – 1929 August – E. B. Worthington – The Life of Lake Albert and Lake Kioga

    A fine copy of The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, August 1929, containing “The Life of Lake Albert and Lake Kioga” by E. B. Worthington.

    Worthington examines, with myriad accompanying photographs, charts and diagrams, Lake Albert and Lake Kioga in Uganda, both geographically and anthropologically. This marvelous 22 page exploration is accompanied by an additional article describing the geological history of the Ugandan lakes by E. T. Wayland.

    Also in this edition; an examination, with wonderfully rendered large map, of the March-lands of Georgia by W. E. D. Allen; and, an exploration of early Tudor geography by Miss E. G. R. Taylor.

    $80.00

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