Carte Generale et Politique de l’A…

Scarce, c.18th hand coloured map of Asia, showing Australia named New Holland with the recent discoveries of the east coast and New Zealand made by James Cook on his first voyage. The southern coast from Nuyt’s Land to Van Diemen’s Land is shown as an imaginary line.

Edme Mentelle (1730–1816) was a highly influential French scholar who notably tutored the young Napoleon Bonaparte at the École Militaire and helped found the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts.

From Mentelle, E. Atlas Universel