New Zealand - Middle and South Islands & North Island. Set of Two. Original antique maps by Edward Weller Middle and South Islands) and John Dower (North Island). Published in 1863 by the Weekly Despatch Atlas. With original colouring.

Set of two original antique maps.

Edward Weller (1819 – 1884) FRGS was a London-based engraver, cartographer and publisher, working from offices in Red Lion Square and later, Bloomsbury, who was one of the first to produce maps using lithography.

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.