New Zealand by itself w/ insets 1878 Petermann's large scarce map hand color Celebes (Geography of the known world

(Geography of the known world

Covers slightly faded with some old scattered staining

15 7/8" H x  21 1/2" W

Published 1879

(San Francisco Harbor

New Zealand by itself w/ insets 1878 Petermann's large scarce map hand color Celebes (Geography of the known worldNeuseeland mit den Neuen Grafschafts (County) Grenzen. (Oceania, New Zealand, North Island, South Island, Wellington, Christchurch, Chile, Pomerania, Prussia, Mecklenburg). Issued 1878, Gotha by Justus Perthes. Scarce large detailed 19th century map, with original hand color. Issued within a periodical and scarce thus. Notable in that the main geography depicted is New Zealand, but the insets refer to Chile and Germany. A strange and charming