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C1801
A New and Accurate Chart of the World According to Mercators Projections
Mapmaker:
Thomas Robert Brown (1764 - 1820)
Rare c.19th world map on Mercator’s Projection with the tracks of Captain Cook’s three voyages. Australia is shown joined to Van Diemen’s Land, with the discoveries made on the east coast by James Cook and prior to the charting of … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A New and Accurate Chart of the World According to Mercators Projections
Date:
C1801
Mapmaker:
Thomas Robert Brown (1764 - 1820)
Condition:
Some wear to centre fold, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
590mm
x 365mm
Paper Size:
623mm
x 395mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1801
Description:
Rare c.19th world map on Mercator’s Projection with the tracks of Captain Cook’s three voyages. Australia is shown joined to Van Diemen’s Land, with the discoveries made on the east coast by James Cook and prior to the charting of the southern coast by Baudin and Flinders or the discovery of Bass Strait by Bass and Flinders.
From: Brown’s General Atlas
Mapmaker:
Thomas Robert Brown (1764-1820)
Bookseller, publisher, print seller, stationer and engraver in Edinburgh. William Faden was his agent in London.