Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes, Bellin, Paris 1753 - hand coloured framed print - ready to hang Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ Hanging hardware included for easy

Hanging hardware included for easy installation

then hand coloured in the style of the period and digitally printed on premium quality 200 gsm matte (uncoated) paper

It incorporates the track of H

This map includes the coasts discovered and charted more than a century earlier by a series of Dutch navigators including Tasman (West Coast of New Zealand) and Janzoon (West Coast of Cape York Peninsula)

Another conjectural feature connects the tip of the fanciful East coast (Cape York) to New Guinea

Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes, Bellin, Paris 1753 - hand coloured framed print - ready to hang Size:30x40 cm / 12x16″ Hanging hardware included for easyEven in the mid eighteenth century the complete outline of the Australian continent was only guessed at. Southern Tasmania was firmly on the map but the connection between it and the known South West coast was fanciful. This map includes the coasts discovered and charted more than a century earlier by a series of Dutch navigators including Tasman (West Coast of New Zealand) and Janzoon (West Coast of Cape York Peninsula). It is one of the earliest