[MAP] - Lot 95

[MAP] COUCHMAN, Th.s / SMITH, Collard. Victoria Geologically colored. Melbourne, Mining Department, 1880. 1160 x 1740 mm. Lithographed in color. Fold-out map divided into 32 segments cloth-backed in two sheets. Good condition. Victoria Geologically colored under the superintendence of Tho.s Couchman Secretary for Mines and Chief Mining Surveyor for the Colony of Victoria ; published by the direction of the Hon. W. Collard Smith M. P. Minister of Mines Mining Department Melbourne. Drawn by G. A. Windsor, engraved by William Slight, under the direction of A. J. Skene [...], geologically colored by Arthur Everet. Prepared under the direction of the Victorian Department of Mines, this map is one of the first attempts to provide a comprehensive overview of the geology of Victoria. Based on the existing surveys of the Geological Survey of Victoria (GSV), superimposed on the outline of Selwyn's 1863 map of the colony, it represents a report on the progress of the Geological Survey's work up to 1880. The blurred and imprecise boundaries between the different rock types in eastern Victoria reflect a lack of detailed surveys in this difficult-to-access part of the colony. Provenance: Geological Society of France.