{"product_id":"old-topographic-map-of-tasmania-by-arrowsmith-1845-hobart-launceston-derwent-r-king-flinders-is-lake-st-clair","title":"Old Topographic Map of Tasmania by Arrowsmith, 1845: Hobart, Launceston, Derwent R, King \u0026 Flinders Is, Lake St Clair","description":"\u003cp\u003eVan Diemen's Land is presented here with quiet authority, its title anchoring a composition that balances scientific restraint and painterly grace. Issued in 1845 within the second edition of Arrowsmith’s New Atlas, the sheet reflects a quarter-century of revision since the first 1825 appearance, its information disciplined by the prime meridian at Greenwich and clarified through a crisp legend and precise scale bar. Hand-colored outlines pick out administrative divisions with clarity, while a lattice of rivers and roads ties coast to interior. Hachures express the muscular topography of the island, from serried ranges to weather-bitten capes, and the surrounding waters are traced with secure, confident coasts punctuated by outlying islands. The result is both a navigational instrument and a historical statement of imperial geographic order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAaron Jr. Arrowsmith—heir to the London firm founded by his father—spent more than 25 years distilling the world’s most reliable intelligence into maps and atlases prized by governments, mariners, and emigrants. After 1824 he extended the family’s meticulous standards, drawing on Admiralty charts, colonial surveys, and travelers’ journals to replace conjecture with evidence. His 1845 Van Diemen’s Land exemplifies that method: coastal exactitude joined to an interior increasingly mapped by road-makers, surveyors, and settlers. The plate’s judicious updates register the island’s accelerating transformation, yet its design never overwhelms. Typography is clear, symbols are discriminating, and color serves legibility rather than spectacle—hallmarks of an Arrowsmith production, where synthesis and restraint carry the reader across unfamiliar ground with unforced confidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe physical geography of Tasmania unfolds in finely stepped relief. Hachures articulate the mountainous backbone of the west and the broad shoulders of the Central Highlands, their slopes grading toward lake-dotted plateaux and river valleys. The Derwent threads southward past Hobart, while the Tamar leads the eye inland from the northern coast to Launceston; the Mersey and Huon are equally well stated, with smaller tributaries delicately feathered. Lakes Sorell and Crescent punctuate the interior, while Lake St Clair anchors the high country. Around the coasts, headlands and embayments are cleanly drawn, and the outliers of Bass Strait—King Island to the northwest and the Furneaux Group with Flinders Island to the northeast—frame the island within its maritime setting, signaling routes, risks, and resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrowsmith balances terrain with the living geography of settlement and administration. Hand-colored borders subdivide the colony into recognizable counties and districts, rendering governance legible at a glance. Cities and towns are marked with crisp prominence—Hobart and Launceston foremost, with Devonport, Burnie, and Kingston likewise inscribed—while the road network ties these nodes together in practical skeins. The principal overland artery between Hobart and Launceston is clearly indicated, its branches reaching eastward to coastal townships and westward toward resource-rich country. Ports, anchorages, ferries, and river crossings are signaled with unobtrusive symbols explained in the legend, helping the reader decode movement and connection across an island where sea-lanes, coach roads, and river valleys shaped every economic and social exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorically, this map sits at a pivotal moment: Van Diemen’s Land, still bearing its penal-era name, was turning toward a broader civic identity that would culminate in the adoption of “Tasmania” a decade later. The 1845 state of knowledge—codified here through Greenwich-referenced longitudes, measured scales, and a disciplined symbology—captures that transition in cartographic form. As a tool, it served administrators, surveyors, and voyagers; as an artifact, it testifies to the British project of knowing and ordering distant lands. Its careful updates across a 25-year span allow one to read change itself—new roads stitched in, districts redefined, settlements brightening into towns—while its elegant economy of line and color ensures the island’s varied character remains the true subject on the page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCities and towns on this map\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHobart (capital and largest city)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaunceston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDevonport\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBurnie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKingston\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotable Features \u0026amp; Landmarks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-colored administrative boundaries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCities and towns marked prominently\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor rivers and lakes outlined\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoads connecting various settlements depicted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDepiction of islands surrounding Van Diemen's Land\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHachured relief indicating mountainous regions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrime meridian established at Greenwich noted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegend or explanatory notes providing essential details on map features\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScale bar indicating distance measurements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHistorical and design context\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreation Date: 1845\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMapmaker: Aaron Jr. Arrowsmith — produced detailed maps and atlases for over 25 years, continuing A. Arrowsmith Sr.’s legacy after 1824\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition Context: Part of the second edition of “Arrowsmith’s New Atlas” (first published 1825), updated to reflect 25 years of geographical changes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeographical Coverage: Focuses on Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) and surrounding waters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistorical Significance: Captures significant early 19th-century geographical changes and serves as both a navigational tool and historical artifact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease double check the images to make sure that a specific town or place is shown on this map. You can also get in touch and ask us to check the map for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks great at every size, but I always recommend going for a larger size if you have space. That way you can easily make out all of the details. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map looks amazing at sizes all the way up to 50in (125cm). If you are looking for a larger map, please \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003eget in touch\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThe model in the listing images is holding the 16x20in (40x50cm) version of this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fifth listing image shows an example of my map personalisation service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you’re looking for something slightly different, check out my collection of the \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/collections\/all-old-vintage-antique-maps\"\u003ebest old maps\u003c\/a\u003e to see if something else catches your eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlease \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/pages\/contact-us\"\u003econtact me\u003c\/a\u003e to check if a certain location, landmark or feature is shown on this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis would make a wonderful birthday, Christmas, Father's Day, work leaving, anniversary or housewarming gift for someone from the areas covered by this map.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis map is available as a giclée print on acid free archival matte paper, or you can buy it framed. The frame is a nice, simple black frame that suits most aesthetics. Please get in touch if you'd like a different frame colour or material. My frames are glazed with super-clear museum-grade acrylic (perspex\/acrylite), which is significantly less reflective than glass, safer, and will always arrive in perfect condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Unique Maps Co.","offers":[{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Map","offer_id":58033172185472,"sku":"UM00277199A","price":76.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58033172218240,"sku":"UM00277200A","price":203.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"12x16in (30x40cm) \/ Framed canvas map","offer_id":58033172251008,"sku":"UM00277201A","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Map","offer_id":58033172283776,"sku":"UM00277202A","price":76.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed map","offer_id":58033172316544,"sku":"UM00277203A","price":203.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"A3 (297x420mm) \/ Framed canvas 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