C1755

A Map of the World, on Mercators Projection

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S/N: WM-GMAG-1755–230505
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View of Sydney, on the South Side of Norfolk Island. PACIFIC

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Full Title:

A Map of the World, on Mercators Projection

Date:

C1755

Mapmaker:

Unknown

Condition:

In good condition with folds as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

282mm 
x 182mm

Frame Size: 

540mm 
x 444mm
AUTHENTICITY
A Map of the World, on Mercators Projection - Antique Map from 1755

Genuine antique
dated:

1755

Description:

World map on Mercator’s Projection with a rectangular title panel. Australia is shown with an imaginary east coast and prior to its discovery by James Cook’s and the charting of Bass Strait by Flinders and Bass. The east coast is shown according to the French School of Theoretical Geography, that proposed that the the Australian east coast continued from Van Diemen’s Land to the Solomon Islands.

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