Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie

Title	Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie
Subject	Discoveries in geography Explorers Early maps Voyages and travels Papua New Guinea--History Australia--Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Category	1. Settlement
Keywords	Expedition
Creator	Mallet, Alain Manesson
Current holder	Australian National Maritime Museum
Date	1683
Link	https://collections.sea.museum/objects/18985/nouvelle-guinee-et-carpentarie?ctx=722bdbde59ba83dca4e9d7388b5219d9e5925172&idx=232
Item number	29304
Access rights	Digitised
Country of origin	France
Language	French
Description from source	Image: 155 x 117 mm Hand coloured copper engraved map titled 'Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie'. This map has been removed from page 247 of ‘Des Terres Australes’ by Alain Manesson Mallet and is part of his monumental work ‘Description de l’Univers’ published in 1683. The map shows New Guinea joined to Cape York in Australia (called Carpentarie on the map) leaving vague the relationship between New Guinea and the coastline of Carpentaria, indicating they were joined. At this time the Dutch were unaware that Torres had sailed through the strait now named for him.
Physical format	Maps Books