New Zealand. Set of Two. Original antique maps drawn and engraved by John Dower. Published by Edward Weller for the Weekly Despatch Atlas in 1863. Original colouring.

Original antique steel engraved maps

Set of two

With original colour
Drawn and engraved by John Dower FRGS
Published by The Weekly Dispatch Atlas, 1863

The Weekly Despatch Atlas was published in parts between 1857 and 1863. The plates were then acquired by Cassell who published the collection as an atlas in 1863. A second edition was published in 1865. The plates were later purchased by G W Bacon, who re-issued the maps in 1876.