Nouvelle carte des parties Orientales du monde Servant indiquer les navigations, decouvertes et etablissemens des Hollandois dans les Indies Orientales, suivant les dernieres observations

Scarce, c.18th hand coloured engraved pre Cook map of Australia and the Pacific, with the tracks of many explorers including, Mendana, Quiros, Roggeveen, Schouten, Tasman and Torres.

The map is a reduced version of Dalrymple’s very rare chart showing Australia and New Zealand according to the discoveries made by Abel Tasman on his two voyages in 1742-43. The tracks of Torres through
the strait named after him by Alexander Darymple who in researching manuscripts in the Philippines found evidence of Torres discovery.  A number of the early Dutch discoveries of the Australian coat are shown and include; Hartog’s 1616, Houtman’s 1619, Tasman 1642-43, Vladmingh’s 1697.

Published under the supervision of Vaugondy. Pretot was ‘Censeur Royal’ as well as Professor of History at the Royal Academy of Sciences.

From: Atlas universel … Philippe de Pretot, Etienne Andre. Paris, 1787.