Oceania antique map. Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean c1888

by Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company

Large Oceania map. Australia, PNG, NZ, Pacific Islands.

Original colour-printed engraved map from one of the finest illustrated works on Australia at  the end of the 19th century. Published by the Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, set up in Sydney and Melbourne by an American company - expressly for the publication of the grandest work ever produced on the discovery, settlement, and development of the first hundred years of Australia, and its Pacific neighbours.

It is difficult to obtain a good image of this large map. Please email if you would like close-up of any area. This map has a vertical fold down the middle as it is across two pages of this large publication. Approximate external measurements is 44 x64 cm (17.25 x 25.25 inches).