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Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages

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Title
Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages
Subject
Early maps
Australia--Discovery and exploration
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
New Zealand--History
Discoveries in geography
Tasmania
Papua New Guinea
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Place of Publication
Paris
Publisher
Chez Didot
Creator
Prévost, Abbé
Current holder
Libraries Tasmania
Date
January 1, 1753
Link
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230617253/view
Series number
MAP NK 2456/45
Item number
SD_ILS:1250530
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
France
Language
French
Description from source
Full title: Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages / par M. Bellin Ingr. de la marine, et de la Societe Roye. de Londres.

1 map ; plate dimensions 20.5 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 26 x 38 cm.

"Tome XI No. 9"--Lower right.
From: Prevost d'exiles, Antoine Francois. Histoire generale des voyages ... Paris, Chez Didot, 1746-1761. Vol 11.
Prime meridian: Isle de Fer.

Map of the Pacific Ocean. Australia is attached to New Guinea and Tasmania attached to the mainland. The east coast is entirely imaginary. New Zealand includes only its western coast in an incomplete fashion. This map is remarkable in its historical significance, timed only a few years before the commencement of an intense campaign by the English and the French to explore and map Oceania and the South Pacific.
Physical format
Maps
Bibliographic citation
<p><a href="https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/RDJHPBVT/">https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/RDJHPBVT/</a></p>