Mignatur Kort Over De Sydlige Lande ...
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A very rare version of Bellin's 1753 map for the Danish language edition of Prevost's work "Reiser Til Lands ...". The map is delicately engraved and shows all Australia with the known coasts of New Zealand. This is one of the few available maps to show the entire continent, albeit incorrectly, pre-Cook. The map displays the standard post-Tasman outlines with Dampier's Shark Bay and separates New Guinea from New Britain. Uncertainty still exists regarding the east and southern coasts and the true form of New Guinea.
place and date of publication:
Copenhagen 1753
medium and colour:
copperplate, Uncoloured
ref:
35193
size in cms: 27 x 19.5 literature: Tooley, The Mapping Of Australia, 157a. Price: £ 1250 |
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