New South Wales Australia Lake Torrens Hook Shape Gold 1853 Hughes scarce map Caucasus- Armenia & Georgia some light old age dustiness

some light old age dustiness or minor soiling

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New South Wales Australia Lake Torrens Hook Shape Gold 1853 Hughes scarce map Caucasus- Armenia & Georgia some light old age dustinessPart of Australia comprising the settled portion of New South Wales and South Australia Issued Edinburgh, 1853 by A. & C. Black. Engraved in London by W. Hughes. Lovely mid 19th century antique map. Engraved with original hand color. Scarce map, appearing only briefly in this manner*. Note the prominent erroneously hook shaped Lake Torrens at left, one of the more dramatic appearances of this short lived cartographic myth. Gold deposits highlighted in