Polynesia or Islands in the Pacific Ocean – J. Tallis, 1851. Original Antique Steel Engraved Map. With Original Hand-Colour. Published By Tallis, 1851. Includes Descriptive Text. A Decorative And Detailed Mid 19th Century Map Which Was Drawn

Original antique steel engraved map.

With original hand-colour.

Published by John Tallis, 1851.

Includes descriptive text.

A decorative and detailed mid 19th century map which was drawn and engraved by J. Rapkin with vignette engravings by H. Winkles and T. Wrightson. Published for John Tallis’s IllustratedAtlas(London & New York: John Tallis & co, c.1851). The Illustrated Atlas, published in 1851, was the last decorative world atlas.

John Tallis( 1817 – 1876) was an English cartographic publisher. His company, John Tallis & Company, published views, maps and atlases in 1838 to 1851.

Tallis set up as a publisher with Frederick Tallis in Cripplgate in 1842. The business moved to Smithfield in 1846, and was dissolved in 1849. From 1851 to 1854 Tallis operated as John Tallis & Company.