Old Map of Oceania by Tunison, 1881: Mercator projection; colonial empires table; Pacific phantom islands Size:A3 (297x420mm) a magnum opus renowned for

a magnum opus renowned for its detailed

crystalline light

Each classification is meticulously colored

which was a massive undertaking that took several years to complete

The Old Map of Carlow by Samuel Lewis

Old Map of Oceania by Tunison, 1881: Mercator projection; colonial empires table; Pacific phantom islands Size:A3 (297x420mm) a magnum opus renowned forTunison's Oceania is an arresting window onto the Pacific world as imagined and administered in 1881. Drawn by H. C. Tunison for his Peerless Universal Atlas of the World, it distills a vast and scattered regionAustralia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Hawaii, Micronesia, French Polynesia, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Tuvalu, Kiribati, and Tongainto a legible, richly annotated tableau. A visually distinct cartouche at lower right proclaims