The Mapping Of Australia. Volume I
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: unclipped dj, small tear on the bottom corner; binding remains tight; clean and bright copy; map endpapers; 239 full-page maps; 4to; 633pp;
Few subjects in the history of exploration captivate the imagination quite like the centuries-long endeavour to chart an entire continent from the outside in — and The Mapping of Australia stands as the definitive chronicle of that remarkable journey. R.V. Tooley, one of the foremost authorities on antique cartography, presents a meticulous and authoritative survey of the maps that shaped Western understanding of the Australian continent, tracing the evolution of geographic knowledge from the earliest speculative European renderings of a great southern land to the precise colonial surveys of the nineteenth century. Supplemented by an index compiled by Douglas Matthews and published under the prestigious Holland Press Cartographica imprint, this first volume is both a scholarly reference work and a visually magnificent testament to the art of mapmaking. Tooley's command of his subject is absolute; his prose navigates the intersection of art, science, and imperial ambition with the confidence of a master cartographer plotting a known coast. The work illuminates how each successive map — whether born of conjecture, voyages of discovery, or hard-won survey data — both reflected and shaped the political and cultural forces of its era. Richly detailed and impeccably researched, this volume is an indispensable resource for historians, collectors, and anyone who has ever wondered how a continent becomes known to the world — and what is revealed, or concealed, in the act of drawing its borders.
Author: R.V. Tooley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Holland Press Cartographica
Genre: Australian history
Edition: First Edition
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: unclipped dj, small tear on the bottom corner; binding remains tight; clean and bright copy; map endpapers; 239 full-page maps; 4to; 633pp;
Few subjects in the history of exploration captivate the imagination quite like the centuries-long endeavour to chart an entire continent from the outside in — and The Mapping of Australia stands as the definitive chronicle of that remarkable journey. R.V. Tooley, one of the foremost authorities on antique cartography, presents a meticulous and authoritative survey of the maps that shaped Western understanding of the Australian continent, tracing the evolution of geographic knowledge from the earliest speculative European renderings of a great southern land to the precise colonial surveys of the nineteenth century. Supplemented by an index compiled by Douglas Matthews and published under the prestigious Holland Press Cartographica imprint, this first volume is both a scholarly reference work and a visually magnificent testament to the art of mapmaking. Tooley's command of his subject is absolute; his prose navigates the intersection of art, science, and imperial ambition with the confidence of a master cartographer plotting a known coast. The work illuminates how each successive map — whether born of conjecture, voyages of discovery, or hard-won survey data — both reflected and shaped the political and cultural forces of its era. Richly detailed and impeccably researched, this volume is an indispensable resource for historians, collectors, and anyone who has ever wondered how a continent becomes known to the world — and what is revealed, or concealed, in the act of drawing its borders.