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25 April 2008
King William Street, Adelaide,
c1880
Putupa Gap Bridge
c1880
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More Sweet
MAPCO has just purchased 2 more of Sweet's albumen prints of South Australian.
The first is another photograph of King William St., Adelaide.
The second is labelled "Putupa Gap Bridge, Adelaide", but the camels in the foreground suggest this is a Flinders Ranges photograph.
These images will be displayed on the site in the next few weeks.
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16 April 2008
King William Street, Adelaide,
c1880
Botanic Gardens S.A.
c1880
View On The Onkaparinga River, S.A. c1880
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Captain Samuel White Sweet
MAPCO has just purchased 3 albumen prints of South Australian views for display on the Views of Adelaide and South Australia page.
The first photograph is King William St., Adelaide, by Captain Sweet c1880, and carries Sweet's distinctive mark of Sweet Adelaide on the image.
I believe that the other 2 prints can be attributed to Sweet also, although more research is required to determine this for certain. These photos are of the Botanic Gardens, S.A., c1880, and a View On The Onkaparinga River, S.A., c1880.
These prints will be scanned for display by the end of April.
A portrait image of Sweet has just been displayed on the site, taken from Notable South Australians; Or, Colonists - Past And Present, by George E. Loyau.
Captain Samuel White Sweet
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2 February 2008
| MAPCO Updates & Current Work Commitments
Due to work and personal commitments there have been few significant updates to the MAPCO website in recent months. While I intend to continue working on the MAPCO site, I am unable to guarantee a time frame for any future display items at this point in time.
Similarly, I have a number of unanswered email enquiries dating back to early December. Again, I apologise for this, and will do my best to begin addressing these in coming weeks.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. Despite my other commitments I am optimistic that 2008 will be a significant year for the MAPCO website!
Regards,
David.
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1 January 2008
The Strangers Guide Through the Streets of London and Westminster &c.
Pub'd Jan 12th 1814
A Plan Of The Town & Harbour Of Whitehaven In The County Of Cumberland 1790
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Happy New Year to you all! I hope that 2008 will be a wonderful year for you, and also for the MAPCO website.
Ongoing work and personal commitments have resulted in slower than anticipated progress with displaying of maps over the past 6 week. However, work is still proceeding on William Darton's Strangers Guide Through the Streets of London and Westminster &c 1814 ( A New And Correct Plan Of London And Westminster With The Latest Improvements), and I hope
to have this map on display by mid January.
Work has also commenced on Edward Weller's 1866 The Immense Map Of London. Scanning of this map will be a large task, but I hope to also have this completed by mid January.
And finally, the Cumberland map entitled A Plan Of The Town & Harbour Of Whitehaven In The County Of Cumberland. From An Actual Survey Anno 1790 By J. Howard has finally arrived in the post. Scanning and display of this map should be a relative easy task, so I will attempt to work on this in January along with the Weller map of London.
Best wishes for 2008. The MAPCO website will continue to provide free access to many more rare and beautiful maps throughout the year. |
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18 November 2007
The Aldine History Of South Australia, Illustrated, 1890
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Images from the Aldine History Of South Australia, Illustrated, 1890, by W. Frederick Morrison, M.A., M.D., have just been displayed.
The 25 images chosen for display represent approximately half those present in the two volumes. A full list of the remaining images of flora, fauna, general scenes, and portraits of noted South Australians will be included on the site soon.
The Plan Of The City Of Adelaide will be displayed in full in the near future. This map of Adelaide will be displayed in the same manner as other MAPCO maps, with a navigation thumbnails and enlarged section images. The original printed map is not of the highest quality, so MAPCO will attempt to improve this by digitally manipulating the scanned image. As with many images
displayed on the site, this map will be digitally repaired and enhanced to ensure that the detail is as clear as possible for users of the site.
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28 October 2007
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Australian Domain Names For MAPCO Website
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20 October 2007
Kensington Workhouse c1868
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Kensington & Earls Court, Showing The Kensington Workhouse & Westminster Workhouse
A high quality preview image of a section of Edward Weller's c1868 map of London is now on display.
The section on display covers Kensington and Earls Court, and shows The Elms, Abingdon House, Kensington Chapel (Independent), the brewery, Abingdon Villas, Scarsdale Villas, Kensington Workhouse, Westminster Workhouse, Earls Court House, and much more.
This image will give you an idea of the detail included in this map, and also how MAPCO is considering displaying the map online.
I have displayed this image in 4 different sizes, and would like to know which page best suits the needs of visitors, including how the pages display on your computer and how long the pages take to download. I am aware that there is a wide range of internet access speeds around the world, so I want to ensure that the site continues to be easily accessible for all users.
The pages displaying the 4 image sizes are:
750 Pixel Wide Image
950 Pixel Wide Image (additional page displayed 21 Oct)
1000 Pixel Wide Image
1200 Pixel Wide Image
Please take a look at these and let me know which page best suits your needs and circumstances. All feedback regarding these web pages would be greatly appreciated!
Click here to leave feedback 
You can also leave feedback directly from the 4 pages above.
Thank you for taking the time to comment.
David,
MAPCO.
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18 October 2007
| Australian Maps
Many of you will remember the news posted here on 16 April 2007 regarding the loss of 8 Australian maps in an office fire in London. I received numerous messages of support at the time, and I vowed that I would attempt to source replacement copies of these maps for display if possible.
I was amazed to learn recently that the Australian maps had in fact survived the fire, and that they have emerged from the inferno completely unharmed! Only one of the maps was in fact lost to the fire. The 7 surviving Australian maps will now be displayed here as part of the Map And Plan Collection Online.
The surviving maps are:
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Map Of Australia, Complied From The Nautical Surveys. Made By Order Of The Admiralty And Other Authentic Documents (J. Basire, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Map Of The South East Portion Of Australia Showing The Progress Of Discovery In The Interior Of New South Wales (Copied From John Arrowsmith's Map) (J. Arrowsmith, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Map Of New South Wales (J. Arrowsmith, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Map of Van Dieman's Land (J. Arrowsmith, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Chart Of Forestier's And Tasman's Peninsulas. George Frankland, Surveyor General, VDL (James and Luke G. Hansard & Sons, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Plan Of Sydney With Pyrmont, New South Wales; The Latter The Property Of Edwd. Macarthur Esqre. Divided Into Allotments For Building. 1836. (J. Basire, London. Source: Report From The Select Committee On Transportation Together With The Minutes Of Evidence, Appendix and Index. Ordered, By The House Of Commons, To Be Printed, 14 July 1837)
Discoveries In Western Australia From Documents Furnished To The Colonial Office By J.S. Roe. Esqre. Survr. Genl. Compiled By John Arrowsmith (J. Arrowsmith, London, 1838. Source: Western Australia. Returns To Two Addressees Of The Honourable The House Of Commons, Dated 26 June and 3 August 1838; -for, 1. Copies Of, Or Extracts From, A Statistical Report Of The Colony Of Western Australia, Which
Accompanied Sir James Sterling's Despatch Of The 15 October 1837; - also, 2. The Land Regulations Contained In The Appendix, Addressed To The Secretary Of State For The Colonies. 3. Copy Of A Despatch From The Governor Of Western Australia To Lord Glenelg, Dated 3 December 1837. Colonial Department, Downing-street, 4 August 1838. G. Grey. Ordered, By The House of Commons, To Be Printed, 6 August 1838)
The map destroyed was:
Map Shewing The Roads & Postal Stations In New South Wales. Prepared For The Use Of The Post Office Department. 18th May, 1870. (E. Stanford, 6 & 7 Charing Cross, London. Source: Map Of New South Wales To Accompany "Correspondence Respecting Emigration" Presented To Both Houses Of Parliament By Command, May 1st, 1871)
After all of the earlier heartbreak associated with these maps, I look forward to finally being able to display them for your interest and pleasure in 2008.
David,
MAPCO.
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6 October 2007
London c1868
Hyde Park c1868
Hampstead c1868
Kensington c1868
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Hello Everyone.
It has been quite a while since there has been a real update to the MAPCO website. A change in my working life has meant that I have less time for MAPCO projects at the moment, but hopefully I will be back on track again during November.
In the meantime I am pleased to announce the recent acquisition of a hand-coloured copy of Edward Weller's c1868 map of London. Measuring 197cm x 142cm, this highly detailed map has a large scale of 9⅜" to 1 statue mile.
Weller's map of London was first published during 1861-62 in the Weekly Dispatch. The 1866 edition of this map, known at the time as The Immense Map Of London, was published by Cassell, Petter & Galpin, and boasted upward of 2000 improvements and alterations, including 900 new street names.
MAPCO's copy of this map was published by George Washington Bacon sometime between 1868 and 1870, shortly after his recovery from bankruptcy in 1867. During this period Bacon was sharing premises with another mapmaker, William Tweedie, at 337 Strand. By 1870 Bacon had moved to 127 Strand, from where the firm of G.W. Bacon & Co. became one of London's premier map publishers.
Displaying Weller's beautiful map of London will be one of the largest projects ever undertaken for the MAPCO website. The tasks of scanning the map sections and creating the web pages will be quite time consuming, but I am hopeful that the map will be on display by the end of January 2008.
Details of this map are:
LONDON
Title: London
Date: c1868-1870
Compiled And Engraved By Edward Weller, F.R.G.S.
Revised And Corrected To The Present Time By John Dower, F.R.G.S.
John Dower, 1866.
Imprint: London G.W. Bacon & Co. 337 Strand WC.
Scale 9⅜" : 1 Statue Mile
Size: 197cm x 142cm (77½" x 56")
Dissected and mounted on linen.
36 sections each measuring 33cm x 24cm (13" x 9½")
Extent: Upper Holloway - Poplar - Kennington - North Kensington
Not recorded in Hyde, but would be No. 73, between states (6) and (7).
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22 September 2007
St Marylebone 1829
St Marylebone 1834
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24 Plans & Elevations Of The Public Buildings In The Borough Of St. Marylebone have just been displayed.
Plans and views of the following churches and public buildings are on display:
Paroisse de Ste. Mary-le-Bone 1829 (Parish of St. Marylebone 1829)
(hand coloured)
Plus:
All Souls Church, Langham Place
Camden Town Chapel
Christ Chapel, Paddington
Christ Church, Marylebone
Foundling Hospital
Grand Entrance To The London & Birmingham Railway. Drummond Street, Opposite Euston Grove.
National Scotch Church, Regent Square
Paddington Church
Regent Square Chapel
Roman Catholic Church, St John's Wood
Seymour Street Chapel, Somers Town
St John's Church, Paddington
St Katharine's Chapel, Regents Park
St Marylebone Church
St Mary's Church, Wyndham Place
St Michael's Church, Highgate
St Pancras Church
St Pancras Old Church
The Colosseum
The Diorama
Toxopholite Society, Regents Park
Trinity Church
The University Of London
These views were taken from the Topographical Survey Map Of The Borough Of St. Marylebone 1834.
Enjoy!
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9 August 2007
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Practical Family History magazine have kindly included a review of the MAPCO website in the upcoming September issue of their magazine.
For the August issue take a look at the website of ABM Publishing Ltd, the award winning producers of Family Tree Magazine, Britain's oldest and best selling family history publication (now in its 21st year) and its sister magazine, Practical
Family History.
Practical Family History magazine includes articles and reviews to aid genealogists with their research, and regular features including Marketplace, PFH Answers, Readers’ Letters , Genealogy Today, and Web News. Do take a look.
The September issue of Practical Family History magazine will be in stores soon!!
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