Whitehead, Edward
Edward Whitehead (fl. 1864 - 1897) was a printer and publisher active in Melbourne during the latter half of the 19th century. Whitehead founded his printing business at 67 Collins Street East in 1864 and, though not focused on maps, began publishing his eponymous series of map of Victoria in 1867. Whitehead saw an opportunity to produce highly accurate and detailed convenient folding maps of Victoria that incorporated an incredibly detailed index of place names for the newly-arriving immigrants and fortune seekers who flooded Victoria during the Victoria Gold Rush. His series of map of Victoria became one of the most successful and most profitable regional maps of Australia ever produced.
'X' marks the spot. Victoria Gold Rush.
Whitehead's Map of Victoria, with Alphabetical Key, 1869.
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This is an 1869 Whitehead map of Victoria, Australia. The map is an early edition of one of the most successful cartographic enterprises of the Victoria Gold Rush Era. It also includes manuscript annotations marking gold diggings - 'x' marks the spot! (more details)