1878 Petermann Antique Map of Northern Territory Australia - William McMinn 1876 Asia as admiration of the beauty

as admiration of the beauty of the land was joined by a concern to exploit it

His famous and very fine late series on the Life of the Virgin appears to have been based on drawings by Hans Holbein the Elder or his workshop

A very attractive early original hand coloured antique map of Flintshire (Welsh: Sir y Fflint) Wales

in the second century AD

1878 Petermann Antique Map of Northern Territory Australia - William McMinn 1876 Asia as admiration of the beautyTitle : Neue Aufnahmen in Nord Australien Nach. Ringwood & Mc Minn Gotha: Justus Perthes 1878 10 1 2in x 8 1 2in (265mm x 215mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1878 Ref #: 82058 Description: This scarce original antique lithograph map of north west Northern Territory, Australia showing Palmerston at Port Darwin, place names and exploration routes, including that of William McMinn in 1876, by Augustus Heinrich Petermann was engraved in 1878