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Map of Prussia.
A detailed Victorian map within an ornate printed border, decorated with five vignettes including a portrait of Frederick the Great, a prospect and three views of Berlin. The map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin for the ‘The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, Geographical Political, Commercial & Statistical’, edited by Montgomery Martin, which was one of the last decorative atlases to be published.
CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS
YEAR: 1851
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Map of Western Africa, This map was drawn & engraved by John Rapkin for The Illustrated Atlas and Modern History of the World published by John Tallis. A beautiful and highly decorative map showing views of Sierre Leone, Bakel, Christians Borg, Cape Coast Castle.
CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS
YEAR: 1851
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Antique map published by John Tallis & engraved by John Rapkin, 1851. It was published in John Tallis’s Illustrated Atlas, featuring beautiful vignette views of places of interest.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS
YEAR: 1851

John Tallis (1817-1876) was a British map publisher. Born in the Midlands, Tallis came to London in the 1840s and began his London career with a series of remarkable London street views.

 

 

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This is an impressive 1851 Tallis map of Van Diemen’s Island or Tasmania. The map covers the entire island of Tasmania in considerable detail, noting towns, lakes, mountain ranges, and other topographical features. It includes illustrations by H. Warren of Hobart Town, a Tasmania dog, and the residence of the Van Diemen Land Company’s Agent. This map was issued as part of the 1851 edition of John Tallis and Company’s The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World.

CARTOGRAPHER: JOHN TALLIS
YEAR: 1851
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