Tallis' Map of Victoria Printed Area Measurement_25 x 35 cm we learn that horse-racing is

we learn that horse-racing is a ‘cruel diversion’

reissued in 1712 and 1727

but it was not a financial success

It was advertised for sale in the June 1844 issue of The Publisher’s Circular

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Tallis' Map of Victoria Printed Area Measurement_25 x 35 cm we learn that horse-racing isVictoria or Port Phillip Engraved by John Rapkin for the Illustrated Atlas, this map includes vignettes of Melbourne, the River Glenelg, a kangaroo and Aboriginal Australians engraved by John Rogers after H Warren. The map was engraved in 1851, the year in which the Port Philip District was separated from New South Wales to become Victoria. A variant state of the map captions the vignette of Melbourne as Port Phillip, but this may have been a simple