AUSTRALIA NEW SOUTH WALES SYDNEY LARGE MAP BY VANDERMAELEN 1827

PARTIE DE LA NLLE GALLES DU SUD No 55

£495

Examples of Vandermaelen's map sheets are of great interest to the collector for a number of reasons. Because of their large scale, they depict many of the remoter regions of the world on a scale previously unknown.

Superb large scale map of New South Wales , centered on Sy

dney. Very detailed for the Time.

Early map of the colony of New South Wales, including Sydney. Knowledge of the interior is extremely limited with little marked other than mountains and rivers. Presented in original hand colour.

Excellent Mint condition.

Important map for Australian collectors.

Philippe Vandermaelen was born in Brussels in 1795 and, at the age of 21, inherited a fortune from his father who had been a successful soap manufacturer. Financially independent, Vandermaelen was able to devote his life to the study of geography and in 1829 he founded a geographical institute in Brussels.

Vandermaelen's most important work, entitled "Atlas Universel", was an enormous atlas consisting of over 400 separate map sheets