New Zealand, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"New Zealand" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Aukland, Mount Egmont from New Plymouth, Wellington and Seal of the Colony. Slightly weak (pale) impression, otherwise good condition. Size 25 x 35 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2019

Australia, Tasmania (Van Dieman's Island), Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Van Dieman's Island, or Tasmania" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Hobart Town, Thylacinus Cynocephalus and Seal of the Colony. Slight damage in decorative border upper right, otherwise good condition. Size 25 x 35 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2018

Australia, Western Australia, Swan River, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Western Australia, Swan River" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Sheep Shearing, Aborigines, Perth from Mount Aliza and Seal of the Colony. Good condition. Size 24.5 x 34.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2017

Australia, Part of South Australia, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Part of South Australia" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Adelaide and Seal of the Colony. Good condition. Size 24.5 x 34.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2016

Australia, Victoria or Port Phillip, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Victoria, or Port Phillip" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Melbourne, River Glenelg a kangaroo and aborigenes. Also marked in yellow are the 'gold diggings'. Lower margin close cropped (no loss), otherwise good condition. Size 32 x 26.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2015

Australia, New South Wales, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"New South Wales" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Sydney Cove, Pandanus on the Murray, Xanthorrhaea and Seal of the Colony. Also marked in yellow are the 'gold diggings'. Good condition. Size 25 x 34.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2014

Australia, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Australia" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Australian parrots and cockatoo, Kangaroos, Natives of Australia Felix, Natives of the Tribe of Bogan and a view of Sydney. Also marked in yellow are the goldfields. Lower margin close trimmed (no loss), otherwise good condition. Size 32.5 x 25.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2013

Isthmus of Panama, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Isthmus of Panama" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include the Fort at Chagre and Gold Seekers. Also marked in red are the proposed railway and canal communications between the oceans. Good condition. Size 33.5 x 25.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2012

Central America, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Central America" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Belize, Volcano of Isalco and Great Square of the Antigua in Guatemala. Good condition. Size 33 x 26 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2011

Mexico, California and Texas, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Mexico, California and Texas" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. Extra yellow colour added to the 'Gold Districts' of the Californian Gold Rush. The decorative vignettes include Ruins at Uxmal in Mexico, Gold Washing and Mexican Peasants. Good condition. Size 33 x 25.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2010

United States, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"United States" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Washington's Monument, Buffalo Hunt, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Franklin and Washington portraits. Good condition. Size 33.5 x 25 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2009

Canada, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Nova Scotia and Newfoundland" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Halifax in Nova Scotia, Newfoundland dogs, Cod Fishery off Newfoundland and Seals of the Colony. Good condition. Size 32.5 x 26 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2008

East Canada and New Brunswick, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"East Canada and New Brunswick" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Quebec, North American Indians and Seal of the Colony (an earlier version had a bison instead of the Seal.) Good condition. Size 34.5 x 26 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2007

West Canada, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"West Canada" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Kingston (another version of this map had a Buffalo hunt instead of the Kingston view), Niagara Falls and Seal of the Colony (again an earlier version had beavers instead of the Seal.) Good condition. Size 33 x 25.5 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2006

British America (Canada), Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"British America" (Canada) classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Fury & Hecla ships, Eskimos, Whale Fishing, a Seal and Montreal (an earlier version of this map had a Boston view instead of Montreal). Slight soiling lower right corner, otherwise good condition. Size 33 x 26 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2005

South America, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"South America" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Gold Washing in Brazil, Brazilian Rope Bridge, Rio Janeiro, Valparaiso, Natives of Chili and Condor and Llamas of Peru. Good condition. Size 24.5 x 36 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2004

North America, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"North America" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Eskimo Dog-Sledge, Cossacks, Beavers, Wapiti Deer, North American Indians, Ancient Monument in Mexico, Convoy of Diamonds and Niagara Falls. Good condition. Size 24 x 36 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2003

Egypt, Tallis/Rapkin map, 1853.
"Egypt" classic decorative Tallis/Rapkin map published in Tallis's The Illustrated Atlas ..., about 1853. Steel engraved map with original outline hand colour, the more desirable version without a centrefold and with good margins. The decorative vignettes include Mosque of Sultan Hassan at Cairo, Alexandria, Ruins of Great Temple at Karnac and Sphynx at Giza. Extremely slight soiling and slight age browning, otherwise good condition. Size 25 x 35 cms including decorative border, plus margins. Ref G2002