SDUK Map of Australia Crimean War our map of the Hebrides

our map of the Hebrides and Orkney islands is from the second edition of L’Isole piu famose del Mondo

In the straightened financial environment of post-Restoration London he had to reply on innovative funding sources: he was one of the first publishers of illustrated books to rely heavily on subscriptions

and the decorative elements give a flavour of the region

From “In Our Time: Covers for a Small Library After the Life for the Most Part”

James Agee

SDUK Map of Australia Crimean War our map of the HebridesThis map of Australia has a table in the bottom left, showing the European population (supposedly revised to 1846 but with the original figure given in 1840, total 141,000) concentrated in New South Wales and Van Diemens Land, the focus for early convict settlement. The coastline has been almost wholly mapped, with a few short breaks in the northwest, and the map also reveals the results of recent exploration in the interior, although it remained