1882 Edward Stanford Large Folding Antique Map Eastern Australia, QLD, NSW, Vic Celestial This finely engraved beautifully hand

This finely engraved beautifully hand coloured original antique 2 x birds-eye view of the Bay of Pozzuoli -in the Gulf of Naples - with The city of Pozzuoli & the Port Of Baia visible was published by Georg Braun & Frans Hogenberg for the 1575 atlas of town plans Civiates Orbis Terrarum Vol II intended as a companion to Abraham Ortelius's master Atlas Theatrum Orbis Terrarum published in 1570

the portion of coastline near Bankes Island is but a dotted line because Lieutenant Gore had thought he sighted land to the southeast

Galileo Galilei (also sometimes cited as compound microscope inventor) seems to have found after 1610 that he could close focus his telescope to view small objects and

Campbell was appointed deputy to the amateur gentleman who had replaced Wren as Surveyor General of the Royal Board of Works

1882 Edward Stanford Large Folding Antique Map Eastern Australia, QLD, NSW, Vic Celestial This finely engraved beautifully handTitle : Queensland & New South Wales. London Published by Edward Stanford March 20th 1882 Ref : 17064 Size: 26 1 2in x 22in (680mm x 570mm) Date : 1882. Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This large original hand coloured folding canvas backed antique map of Vicoria, New South Wales & Queensland in Eastern Australia, illustrating Tracks of Travellers, Roads, Railways & Telegraph was published by Edward Stanford, London in 1882, dated at the