Oceania
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Colonel William Light planned the capital of South Australia in 1836 in two sections, each surrounded by a permanent common or greenbelt, with rectangular farm tracts beyond. John Arrowsmith produced this map to accompany the 1841 House of Commons Report from the Select ommittee on South Australia.
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| Size: 19½" x 24" - Black & White, Cover-stock paper: $27.50 |
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Felton Matthew, the government's chief surveyor, produced this elaborate design for New Zealand's first capital. This printed version appeared in England only one year after the founding of the city.
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| Size: 16½" x 22¾" - Black & White, Cover-stock paper: $27.50 |
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The view above, enlarged one-tenth from its original size, appeared in Peron's Voyage de Decouvertes aux Terres Australes. A smaller view and a plan of the city complete the set.
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| Size: : 8½" x 20¼" - Black & White, Cover-stock paper: $45.00 |
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This plan is similar in size and identical in format to that of Auckland. The New Zealand Company, which laid out the town, chose a more conventional design than Mathew used for Auckland.
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| Size: 17¾" x 23½" - Black & White, Cover-stock paper: $27.50 |
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