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Antique steel engraving in hand colour, published by John Tallis in 1851, with the cartography of John Rapkin.

John Tallis (1815 – 1876) English cartographic publisher. His company John Tallis and Co, was based in London, and later expanded to Edinburgh, Dublin and New York. His most famous work was An Illustrated Atlas of the World. He worked closely with John Rapkin and incorporated vignettes commissioned from various artists.

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