Oceania Australia Pacific 1820 New Holland Brue old map
Brian DiMambro- Antiquarian Books, Maps & PrintsCarte de L'Oceanie ou cinquieme partie du Monde.
(Oceania- New Holland- Australia- Pacific Ocean).
Issued Paris, 1828 by A. Brue.
Engraved map with original outline hand color. Mounted onto a linen backing with blue cloth edging long ago, possibly as issued by the publisher. Very unusual thus, almost a wall map.
Spotted but with a handsome age patina overall.
Sheet measures c. 22" HÂ x 28 1/4" W.
Printed area measures c. 14 1/9" H x 19 5/8 " W.
Tooley, Mapping of Australia, 248 [plate 13].
Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, v.1, p.199.
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