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C1801
A New and Accurate Chart of the World According to Mercators Projections
Mapmaker:
Thomas Robert Brown (1764 - 1820)
Rare 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 … 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
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1801
Description:
Rare 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.
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.
