Oceania Australia New Zealand c.1860 large Dufour antique engraved color map Crimea 28 1/4" H x 21

28 1/4" H x 21 1/4" W

[Blad XII]

five feet wide

17 5/8" W x 14 3/8" H

so in theory paper will last another 500+ years

Oceania Australia New Zealand c.1860 large Dufour antique engraved color map Crimea 28 1/4" H x 21Oceanie. (Oceania Australia, Philippines, New Zealand, Malaysia, Tahiti Hawaii). Issued c. 1860, Paris by A. H. Dufour. Monumental and very detailed original antique engraved map. One of several variant issues, this one with insets across the bottom (New South Wales New Caledonia Marquesas Islands Tahiti & Gambier Archipelago) and Queensland territory now separated from NSW & North Australia. Color coded key identifies colonial holdings by country.