Oceania

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    [Carta Geo-Pittorica dell’Africa e della Polinesia Francese]

    Large poster map showing the origin (highlighted in shiny silver) of the ingredients for the production of Astra’s margarine. Palm and peanut oil from French West and Equatorial Africa. The coconut oil from Polynesia. Published in Paris at Courbet 1955.

    • Author: Atelier Coubert
    • Dimension: 120 x 80 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1955

  • Australia

    € 220,00

    Map of Australia and Southeast Asia taken from the rare “Atlante di geografia moderna ad uso dei ginnasi del Regno Lombardo Veneto”, edited by the geographer and astronomer Giovanni Marieni and published in Milan in 1833 by the Imperial Royal Printing Office. The macro-continent does not yet bear the unique and universal name of “Australia” within its interior (although it is used in the title and in the cartouche at the bottom right), but rather…

    • Author: Giovanni Marieni
    • Dimension: 29 x 39 cm
    • Place of publication: Milan
    • Year: 1833

  • Australia con la divisione delle sue coste proposta dal Capitano Vetch

    € 350,00

    A fascinating map of Australia illustrating a scheme for dividing up Australia suggested by Captain James Vetch in 1838.

    • Author: Francesco Costantino Marmocchi
    • Dimension: 27 x 33 cm
    • Place of publication: Genoa
    • Year: 1858
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    Australia Her Natural and Industrial Resources

    Among the most fascinating works by British cartographer and illustrator Leslie MacDonald Gill is this pictorial map of Australia published in London in 1946. Made in the immediate postwar period, this map is an effective visual summary of Australia’s natural wealth and industrial potential, revealing not only geographical and economic data but also a strong political and symbolic message. In the lower right pane, text reads, “Australia has emerged from the World War with increased…

    • Author: Leslie MacDonald Gill
    • Dimension: 49 x 74 cm
    • Place of publication: London
    • Year: 1946
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    Australien

    € 100,00

    Lovely little map depicting Neu Holland (Australia), Neu Seeland (New Zealand), Neu Guinea, and numerous Pacific islands, including the Marquesas, the Caroline Islands, the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii), and the Friendly Islands (present-day Tonga). It also features historical names for other regions, such as Van Diemen’s Land, the name by which Tasmania was known before its official renaming in 1856. This fascinating map comes from the children’s atlas Geographische Länder-Fibel by Julius Löwenberg, published in…

    • Author: Julius Löwenberg
    • Dimension: 14 x 18 cm
    • Place of publication: Berlin
    • Year: 1846

  • Der Grosse Ocean und Australien

    € 60,00

    Lovely engraved map based on the cartography by C. Franz Radefeld (1788-1874) showing in high detail the Pacific Ocean. From the “Meyer’s Neuester Zeitungs Atlas” published by Bibliographischen Instituts in Hildburghausen in 1849-52. The innovation of this work is that almost all maps had small inserts showing richly detailed maps of major cities and their surrunding areas: so not only could travellers carry the atlas with them easily, they could also obtain an initial orientation to their desti

    • Author: MEYER Joseph
    • Year: 1849
    • Dimension: 265 x 210 mm
    • Place of publication: Hildburghausen
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    Dia Toa Senka Gakushu Exu (Japanese WWII Pictorial Map of the Pacific)

    Interesting pictorial map of Southeast Asia, Oceania, Australia, and the Pacific published by Keiu Hatano in 1944. Centered on Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea the map extends to Alaska and the entire eastern coasts of the Americas. Below there are two inserts explaining the several vignettes on the map; One of the keys pertains to war and includes symbols representing naval and air force bases, active and sunken ships. Not included within these keys…

    • Author: Keiu Hatano
    • Dimension: 50 x 70 cm
    • Year: 1944

  • General Charte von Australien Nach ne neuesten Entdeckungs Reisen und astronischen Bestimungen …

    € 500,00

    First edition of Reinecke’s map of the Western Pacific Ocean, Australia, Southeast Asia, etc. published by the Geographisches Institut in Weimar in 1801. Neu Holland is named, along with a New South Wales. The coastline of Australia is incomplete. New Zealand is shown as two islands.  Hawaii is shown. Reinecke’s General Charte von Australien was republished five times between 1801 and 1820 and with each edition the latest information was added with new place names…

    • Author: REINECKE Johann Christoph
    • Year: 1801
    • Dimension: 450 x 600 mm
    • Place of publication: Weimar

  • Les divers archipels de l’Oceanie. [inset] Groupe de la Nouvelle Caledonie. [inset] Archipel des Iles Sandwich.

    € 100,00

    Very detailed map of the Pacific Ocean with insets of Hawaii and New Caledonia. From Atlas Spheroidal et Universel de Geographie by M.F.A. Garnier published in Paris at Veuve Jules Renouard in 1862. This atlas is exceptional for its “spheroidal” maps of the globe, showing the various continents and poles, shaded to give the effect of a sphere floating in space. The remaining maps are also very well executed and colored. This is the only…

    • Author: Francois-Adrien Garnier (1799-1863)
    • Year: 1862
    • Dimension: 350 x 490 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    Lutheran Mission in New Guinea

    Recto shows pictorial map in colour showing mission-stations, government-stations, colleges, landing-grounds, and medical missions. Verso shows black and white map of eastern New Guinea with government-stations, mission-stations, and a boundary marked, and including index map. Cfr. Maslyn Williams Map Collection MFC 35 mappa nr.11

    • Author: Karl Vöster
    • Dimension: 33,5 x 47,5 cm
    • Place of publication: Berlin
    • Year: 1950
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    Messageries Maritimes Tahiti Island, New Caledonia and Australia Service

    Stunning pictorial map designed by Herve Baille to promote the Messageries Maritime’s new ships “Caledonien” and “Tahitien”.  It covers the company’s shipping route from Sydney in Australia to Tahiti via New Caledonia and Papeete. The map is richly embellished with vignettes in Herve Baille’s distinctive graphic style, showcasing flora, fauna, and notable locations. Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille (21 gennaio 1896 – 3 giugno 1974) è stato un artista e incisore Francese. Nato a Sète, Baille…

    • Author: Frédéric Marie Joseph Hervé Baille
    • Dimension: 58 x 90 cm
    • Place of publication: Paris
    • Year: 1950
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    New Zealand

    € 180,00

    This delightful pictorial map of New Zealand, designed by Howard Mallitte and published in 1952 in Wellington, is a masterful example of post-World War II promotional cartography. Produced by the Tourist and Publicity Department, the work reflects the optimism and national spirit characteristic of those years, aimed at presenting the country as a land of abundance, progress, and unspoiled natural beauty. The map goes beyond a mere geographical description, serving as a true socio-economic manifesto.…

    • Author: Howard Mallitte
    • Place of publication: Wellington
    • Dimension: 40,5 x 30,5 cm
    • Year: 1952