Antique hand-colored Map
Oceanica
Mitchell's Geography Map
Copyright 1852
( dated 1852 at the lower margin of the map )

9.25" x 11.5" overall

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Condition
General wear, edge wear, aged paper.
Old pencil doodling on the back.
A diagonal cut has been repaired (see the photos)
Otherwise good.

Over 170 years old.

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Includes :
Australia
Swan River Colony
Sydney
Botany Bay
Small engraving of a " Convict Ship "
" Norfolk Island, inhabited by convicts from New South Wales "
Van Dieman's Land or Tasmania
Colony of New Zealand
Tavai Poenammoo ( the early European phonetic rendering of the Maori name for New Zealand's South Island )
Eahei Nomauwe ( the early European phonetic spelling of Aotearoa - the Maori name for the North Island of New Zealand )
Friendly Islands
Feejee Islands ( Fiji ) Navigator's Islands
Society Islands
Tahiti or Otaheite
Paumotu or Pearl Islands
Pitcairn's Island (" settled in 1790 by the mutineers of the Bounty ")
Cook's or Herveys Islands
Central Archipelago ( Mulgrave Islands , Taswell's Islands , etc. )
Mendana's Archipelago ( Washington Island , Marquesas Islands , etc. )
America Islands , Christmas Island
Caroline Islands (" Claimed by Spain ")
Magellan Archipelago
Small engraving of a " Nantucket Whale Ship "
" Niphon " ( Empire of Japan )
Philadelphia Island
Small engraving of a " Sandwich Island Vessel going to China "
Sandwich Islands ( Hawaiian Islands )
Hawaii or Owhyhee
Small engraving of a " Missionary Ship "
Inset Map of the Sandwich Islands or Hawaiian Islands
( Honolulu , Waikiki , Oahu , Molokai , Mauna Loa , Hilo , Lanai , etc., etc., with populations from the Census of 1849 )
" Kealakekua Bay , Captain Cook killed here Feb. 14th, 1779 "
( Kealakekua Bay on Hawaii's Big Island is a historic marine sanctuary where British explorer Captain James Cook was killed on February 14, 1779 )
Philippine Islands
Sooloo Islands ( Sulu )
Solomon's Archipelago ( Solomon Islands )
Papua or New Guinea
Borneo
Spice Islands
Malaysia
" Formoso " ( Formosa or island of Taiwan )
China Sea
Mayalsia
Sumatra
Java
Melville Island
Bally ( Bali ) Strait of Malacca
Singapore
Kamtschatka Peninsula ( Russia )
St. Paul's Island ( as far as I can determine, this island does not appear on modern maps )
Guardian Islands ( these islands also don't seem to appear on modern maps )
Ducies Island ( Ducie )
Easter Island
Etc.

" The islands converted to the Christian Religion are distinguished thus ** "
" Those partially converted are distinguished thus * "

Some island names have a number attached, denoting population

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Over 170 years old.

Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer