A mid 19th century map of Tasmania with decorative vignettes

A detailed map of Tasmania, with an ornate border and vignettes including a prospect of Hobarton (Hobart), the house of the 'Van Dieman's Land Company' agent at Circular Head, and a thylacine (the Tasmanian Tiger than became extinct in the 1930s), The map was drawn and engraved by John Rapkin for the 'The Illustrated Atlas, and Modern History of the World, Geographical Political, Commercial & Statistical', edited by Montgomery Martin, which was one of the last decorative atlases to be published.