Australia

BROSSES, Charles de Histoire des navigations aux Terres Australes.

Encouraging French colonisation

£10,000

By BROSSES, Charles de, 1756.

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PARKINSON, Sydney A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas in his Majesty's Ship, The Endeavour.

“Kangaroo” in print for the first time

£18,000

By PARKINSON, Sydney, 1773.

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EVERETT, Arthur; Alexander John SKENE; and William SLIGHT Continental Australia:

“one of the most beautiful geological maps ever produced in Australia” (La Trobe)

£5,000

By EVERETT, Arthur; Alexander John SKENE; and William SLIGHT, 1887.

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JOHNSTON, A. Keith Stanford's Library Map of Australasia

Stanford’s monumental wall map of Australia

£5,000

By JOHNSTON, A. Keith, 1863.

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ARROWSMITH, John Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government:

The first state of the largest available map of Australia at the time

£4,000

By ARROWSMITH, John, Pub'd 1st May, 1838.

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ARROWSMITH, John Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government:

Showing 26 counties in Western Australia

£2,500

By ARROWSMITH, John, 1st May, 1842.

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MOLL, Herman New Guinea, New Britain, and New Holland, etc.

First English map to focus on Australia

£2,000

By MOLL, Herman, [1712].

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WENTWORTH, William Charles, and Sir Ralph DARLING Parliamentary Papers related to the dispute between Wentworth and Darling.

First inklings of self-government and nationhood for Australia

£2,000

By WENTWORTH, William Charles, and Sir Ralph DARLING, 1830 - 1835

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FLINDERS, Matthew General chart of Terra Australis, or Australia:

Naming “Australia”

£25,000

By FLINDERS, Matthew, Jan.y 1st 1814.

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FREYCINET, Louis Claude de Saulses de; and Pierre Francois TARDIEU Carte generale de la Nouvelle Hollande

The first complete chart of the Australian continent

£8,000

By FREYCINET, Louis Claude de Saulses de; and Pierre Francois TARDIEU, 1811.

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BOWEN, Emanuel; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN A Complete Map of the Southern Continent, Survey'd by Cap: Abel Tasman

The first map dedicated to Australia in English

£5,000

By BOWEN, Emanuel; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN, [1744-1748].

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THEVENOT, Melchisedec; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN Hollandia Nova detecta 1644 – Terre Australe decouverte l'an 1644.

Australia revealed

£18,000

By THEVENOT, Melchisedec; and Abel Janszoon TASMAN, 1663.

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