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    Category Maps;
    Author Engraved by Walker, J & C.
    Title Circumjacent the South Pole No. 6 Map 1831. (World on gnomonic projection VI. From South Pole to 45 degrees South Latitude).
    Publishing Information London: Baldwin & Cradock, Under the Supervison of S.D.U.K., June 1831
    Description Dated 1831: Map, engraved by J & C Walker. Published Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Map of Antarctica as was known at that time. Part of New Orkneys and South Shetland Islands shown along with Palmers land, Peter Island and Alexander Island. Grahamland and that part of the Antarctic Pensinsula had yet to be discovered. S.D.U.K. - Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. The beginning of the nineteenth century saw a period of rapid market growth and innovation in the map publishing world. Increased literacy and public interest in new frontiers and colonies overwhelmed the market because it was oriented toward the small, affluent market of the previous century. With the intent to fill this void, The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (SDUK) was founded in 1828 in London, by Lord Brougham and a group of men dedicated to the education of the aspiring working class and the Utilitarian ideal of 'Knowledge is Power.' The society produced an array of education materials, but the series of maps was one of their most successful ventures. A number of engravers and printers were used to produce the maps, which eventually exceed 200 sheets, and continued to be published after the Society as a whole ceased to function. Engraved by J & C Walker. (World on gnomonic projection. VI. From South Pole to 450 S. Lat.). No.6. Published by Baldwin & Cradock, 47 Paternoster Row June 1831. Under the superintendence of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (Tooley No.96)
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