ANTARCTIC: 1753 'Tabula Geographica Hemisphaerii Australis' (= Southern Hemisphere) circular map by Johann Christoph Rhode [published by Leonard Euler, Berlin] being an unusual projection from the imagined South Pole (truly Terra Nullius) to the southern parts of Africa, South America & Australia with Tasmania & New Guinea shown as part of a contiguous landmass, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 56x56cm. [The Australian coastline is based on the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages 1642-44. No significant further mapping occurred until 1770 when James Cook charted the East Coast of the continent] (Image1)

Estimate AU$450

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: 1875 black & white maps (550x345mm) traced by H Swire, Naval Sub-Lieut and signed by GS Nares, Captain RN showing the track and soundings obtained by HMS Challenger between Sydney and Wellington and mapping the coastlines of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and the New Zealand North Island & Middle Island (now South Island), attached to an 1875 report to NSW (& later NZ) Governor Sir Hercules Robinson, minor edge faults & a couple of closed tears repaired with archival tape, a couple of tiny aging marks otherwise fine. [Captain George Nares of HMS Challenger led a circumnavigation of the globe between 1872-1876 - which became known as the 'Challenger Expedition' - conducting a scientific program that laid the foundation of oceanography as well as discovering more than 4700 new species of marine life] (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

AUSTRALIA - NEW SOUTH WALES: 1934 multi-coloured map (300x250mm) compiled, drawn & printed by NSW Department of Lands, with agricultural, pastoral & mining areas identified, also artesian basins, railways and a table of production statistics, folded as issued, tiny closed tear at left (repaired with archival tape). (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIA - QUEENSLAND: 1936 multi-coloured map (570x433mm) printed by David Whyte, Government Printer, Brisbane showing also small parts of North Australia, Central Australia, South Australia (to Lake Eyre) and New South Wales, includes district boundaries, railways & railway stations and two tables of argicultural & mining production and population, livestock & railway statistics, folded as issued, small 6cm closed tear at left (repaired with archival tape) and a couple of minor blemishes. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: 1870s (circa) multicoloured map (210x290mm) published by EG Ravenstein and printed by George Philip & Son, London & Liverpool showing county names & boundaries, railways, auriferous (gold) regions and agricultural & pastoral land, folded as issued with some aging/spotting marks. [Note that the 'town' of Westbury, Gippsland is given prominence (a rural community that never had a Post Office) but that there is no mention of Mildura, Edenhope, Cunninghame (Lakes Entrance) nor Orbost] (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA: 'E Whithead & Co.'s Map of Victoria' [Melbourne, 1896] with Alphabetical Key, 28pp, rebound in cloth covers with title on spine, contents includes 'Short Tours for Cyclists from Melbourne', and Rates of Postage. Map with some foxing and tape repairs along folds, size 63x51cm, Fair condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

AUSTRALIA - WESTERN AUSTRALIA: 1934 multi-coloured map (366x240mm) published by JP Camm, Surveyor-General, Department of Lands & Surveys and printed by authority of Fred Wm Simpson, Government Printer, Perth, includes railways, proclaimed goldfields boundaries, the telegraphic 'Cable from Cocos Is & Sth Africa' and shipping connections, folded as issued, tiny closed tear at left (repaired with archival tape) otherwise fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BRITISH GUIANA: 1915 multicoloured map (340x202mm) printed by Waterlow & Sons, London Wall including as well small parts of surrounding Brazil, Venezuela & Dutch Guiana, showing railways, forests & savannahs, auriferous (gold) areas and 'Indian Reservations', folded as issued, a couple of minor blemishes in the margins otherwise very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BRITISH HONDURAS: 1926 black, light blue & white map (340x210mm) published by the Ordnance Survey and printed by Waterlow & Sons, London & Dunstable showing district boundaries, principal trails & railways, lighthouses and police stations, includes an inset map of the countries around the Gulf of Mexico, folded as issued, very fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

BRITISH EMPIRE: Group of 1880s-1930s maps ranging in size from 135x210mm up to 410x440mm comprising Barbados, Bermudas, British Honduras, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Lagos, Mauritius, Montserrat, Natal (2), Seychelles, St Lucia, Tobago, Trinidad (2) and Turks & Caicos Islands, the larger maps folded as issued, a few with minor faults but the condition is generally fine to very fine.  (17) (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

CEYLON: 1934 multicoloured map (353x217mm) published by GK Thornhill, Surveyor General, Survey Department showing provincial & district boundaries, railways & main roads, rainfall & temperature, production of rubber, tea, coconut & cacao and other agriculture, folded as issued with a couple of very minor edge bends in the margin otherwise very fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

CHINA - HONG KONG: 1930 (circa) outline-coloured map (333x390mm) of 'Hong Kong and New Territories' printed by Waterlow & Sons, London, Dunstable & Watford including roads, railways, police stations and navigation lights, folded as issued, a couple of tiny blemishes in the margins otherwise very fine. [The inclusion of 'Watford' in the printer's inscription dates the map to about 1930, before its Milton Street, Watford operations were closed after the Bank of England in 1928 took over printing banknotes which had until then been printed by Waterlow under contract to the Treasury. A 2016 English dealer's pricelist offered an example with small tear for £600] (Image1)

Estimate AU$400

EAST AFRICA PROTECTORATE: 1914 black & white sketch map (415x390mm) published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton including the provinces of Nyanza, Naivasha, Kenya, Ukamba, Seyidie, Tanaland, Jubaland (ceded to Italy in 1925) & the Northern Frontier as well as parts of surrounding Uganda, Abyssinia, Italian Somaliland & German East Africa, showing boundaries (those of Nyanza & Naivasha stated to be 'provisional') and the Mombasa-Kisumu and Magadi railways, folded as issued with a few additional folds and minor blemishes in the margins otherwise very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

FALKLAND ISLANDS: 1920s (circa) black, blue & pink map (140x215mm) printed by Waterlow & Sons, London, Dunstable & Watford with an inset map of Beauchene Island at lower right, a couple of very minor edge bends in the margin otherwise very fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

FIJI: 1914 black, light blue, red & white map (274x399mm) published by Dyson Blair, Commissioner of Lands, Lands Department, Fiji and printed by Waterlow & Sons, London Wall, London showing the area from Vitilevu in the west, Vanualevu in the north, Lakemba in the east and Matuku in the south with an inset map of the further southern islands to Tuvanaitholo but not Rotuma to the north, folded as issued. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

GAMBIA: 1912 black, blue & red map (335x730mm) printed by the Ordnance Survey Office, Southampton including parts of surrounding areas of Nium-Bato, Rip, Diamma, Niani, Kantora, Fuladuga, Ferdu, Jarra, Jalaba, Kabada & Foni, showing the length of the River Gambia to Genoto in the east with international boundaries & boundary pillars (the eastern boundary not yet finally determined), creeks, rivers & marshes and wharfs, the town names given in Mandinga, Yolof & Fula languages, folded as issued with a couple of minor closed tears in the folds, a couple of minor folds in the margins and the L/L corner margin trimmed (not affecting the printed area). (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

GOLD COAST: 1934 multicoloured map (510x340mm) 'with Togoland under British Mandate' published by the Survey HQ, Accra showing international, colonial, provincial & district boundaries, roads & railways, post & telegraph offices, lighthouses, wireless stations and preventive service stations, folded as issued with a couple of minor blemishes in the margins otherwise very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

JAMAICA: 1935 multicoloured map (320x630mm) published by Stanford's Geographical Establishment, London showing county & parish boundaries, roads & bridle paths, railways & railway stations, post offices, churches & chapels, rivers & irrigation canals and police stations, folded as issued, very fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

MALAYA: 1933 multi-coloured map (580x420mm) on thin paper 'Published under the direction of the Surveyor General of FMS & SS' [Federated Malay States & Straits Settlements] showing the entire Malayan peninsula from Perlis in the north to Penang in the west and Singapore in the south including railways, roads, cart tracks [!] & footpaths, folded as issued, a couple of tiny closed tears in the folds. [A similar map dated 1930 is currently being offered by a California map dealer for US$750; see also next Lot] (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

MALAYA: 1935 multi-coloured map (580x420mm) on thick paper 'Published under the direction of the Surveyor General of FMS & SS' [Federated Malay States & Straits Settlements] showing the entire Malayan peninsula from Perlis in the north to Penang in the west and Singapore in the south including railways, roads, cart tracks [!], footpaths & 'private metalled roads', folded as issued. [A similar map dated 1930 is currently being offered by a California map dealer for US$750; see also previous Lot for the 1933 edition of this map, from which this differs quite substantially including by the addition of 'private metalled roads' and by addition of town names & changes in the spelling of others] (Image1)

Estimate AU$300

MALAYA - SARAWAK: 1930 sketch map (257x318mm) printed by Waterlow & Sons, London, Dunstable & Watford showing also Brunei & Labuan as well as small parts of surrounding British North Borneo & Dutch Borneo, includes divisional boundaries, roads, railways, wireless stations and lighthouses, folded as issued, a couple of minor creases at left mostly in the margins otherwise very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

MALAYA - SARAWAK: 1949 multi-coloured map (463x620mm) drawn by the Directorate of Colonial Surveys showing also Brunei & Labuan as well as small parts of surrounding North Borneo & Dutch Borneo, includes divisional boundaries & headquarters, roads, wireless stations and distances by sea between the major towns and to Singapore, folded as issued, a couple of minor creases in the left-hand margin otherwise very fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

MAURITIUS: 1887 multicoloured map (212x136mm) printed by Harrison & Sons, London showing district boundaries, railways & railway stations and main roads, a couple of very minor edge bends in the margin otherwise very fine condition. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

NEW ZEALAND: 1889 Pictureque Atlas Publishing Company Railway Postal & Telegraph Maps of the North Island and of the South Island(both 850X670mm) referring to the South Island as the 'Middle Island' with Stewart Island to the south, each including a complete list of Post & Telegraph Offices along with an index of where they are located plus inset maps of Auckland, or of Dunedin & Christchurch, showing district boundaries, types of offices, railways including under construction & proposed, telegraph lines and postal routes, both folded as issued, mostly small tears along folds repaired with archival tape, minor overall aging. [At this time, the South Island was commonly referred to 'Middle' Island, and Stewart Island as 'South' Island. In 1907, the government directed that the larger island be called 'South' Island "in all cases"]  (2) (Image1)

Estimate AU$200

NEW ZEALAND: 1934 multi-coloured map (528x358mm) drawn by AL Wicks, Chief Draughtsman and published by HE Walsh, Surveyor-General, NZ Lands & Survey showing the North & South Islands, Stewart Island and an inset map of New Zealand's position in relation to the Antarctic with Ross Dependency, Australia and the Pacific Islands, includes district boundaries, railways, roads, submarine cables and shipping connections, folded as issued, two small 3cm closed tears at left (repaired with archival tape) and a couple of minor blemishes otherwise fine. (Image1)

Estimate AU$100