Overland Route to India and China
London. The London Printing and Publishing Company. [circa 1850s]. Stock ID #177525 Attractive decorative map with fine vignettes of the London Post Office, Suez, Bombay, Madras. Aden, Malta, Gibraltar and a wonderful camel train led by a carriage and horses crossing North Africa, originally by the great mapmaker and publisher John Tallis. The two reference keys note steam packet routes, railways, electric telegraph and the Suez Canal. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177525.
Lithographed map, with original outline hand colour, 33 x 24.5 cm (including border and captions), seven vignette illustrations, two reference keys, decorative border, central fold, light toning, mainly at the central fold, and to the verso of the sheet, in very good condition, preserved in a window mount.
Price: $275.00 AU