Oceanique. Partie de la Nouvelle Guinee. No. 30.

Rare, large scale c.19th hand coloured lithographed map of Cape York, Queensland and southern New Guinea, with two tables of historical information, from Vandermaelen’s monumental Atlas universel de geographie physique.

This was the first atlas produced using lithography, the first in which all the maps were on the same scale (1:1,641,836) and additionally, the maps were designed to be joined into a three-dimensional terrestrial globe with a diameter of approximately 7.75 meters. He built one example of this monumental globe that the maps were designed to create and it measured more than 7.01m in diameter.

From: Vandermaelen, Atlas universel de geographie physique, politique, statistique et mineralogique, sur l’echelle

References:
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 : 1281.
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 749.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V : Vol. V, PG. 13, V III-142-VDM1.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 3359
Library of Congress Washington D.C.: LCCN 2012587601
Princeton University Library: call number: MAP Oversize 2009-0008E
David Rumsey Collection: List No: 2212A

References:
Phillips, P. A List of Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress. Washington 1973 : 749.
Tooley, R.V. The Mapping of Australia. London 1979 : 1280.
Koeman, C. Atlantes Neerlandici. Amsterdam 1967. Volumes I-V : Volumes I-V : Vol. V, PG. 13, V III-142-VDM1.