Scarce miniature map of Australia
FADEN, William.
New Holland with the Adjacent Polynesia.
London: Faden, 1798. Original colour. Sheet size 155 x 180mm.
Map of Australiasia engraved by William Palmer for Faden's 'Atlas Minimus Universalis'. William Faden was geographer to George III.
This map is one of the last to show Tasmania connected to the mainland, as Flinders and Bass had circumnavigated it in in the same year and found it to be separate. Australia has two names on the map: 'Terra Australis' and 'New Holland'
Stock ID : 16378
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Scarce miniature map of Australia
FADEN, William.
New Holland with the Adjacent Polynesia.
London: Faden, 1798. Original colour. Sheet size 155 x 180mm.
Map of Australiasia engraved by William Palmer for Faden's 'Atlas Minimus Universalis'. William Faden was geographer to George III.
This map is one of the last to show Tasmania connected to the mainland, as Flinders and Bass had circumnavigated it in in the same year and found it to be separate. Australia has two names on the map: 'Terra Australis' and 'New Holland'
Stock ID : 16378
SOLD
To see similar items click here