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The Southern Indian Ocean with early Antarctic discoveries

DAUSSY, Pierre.

Carte des Mers Australes Partie Comprise entre les Méridiens du Cap de Bonne Espérance et du Port de Roi Georges. Dressée Par M.M.P. Daussy, Ingénieur Hydrographique en Chef.
Paris: Dépôt-général de la Marine, 1842. 630 x 920mm, edged with linen on reverse.

A little ink offset.

A large sea chart of the Southern Indian Ocean, with parts of southern Africa (with Madagascar) and Western Australia (still with the Dutch names), south to Enderby Land, Kemp Land and Sabrina Coast, all on Antarctica. Near the centre of the chart are the Kerguelen Islands. Insets show details of the various islands.
Enderby Land was named by the whaling brig Tula in 1831, after Enderby Brothers of London, the ship's owners; Kemp land was sighted by Peter Kemp aboard the brig Magnet in 1833; and Sabrina coast was named by John Balleny in 1839, after a Enderby Brothers cutter lost in this sealing expedition.


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Stock Id :21223

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The Southern Indian Ocean with early Antarctic discoveries

DAUSSY, Pierre.

Carte des Mers Australes Partie Comprise entre les Méridiens du Cap de Bonne Espérance et du Port de Roi Georges. Dressée Par M.M.P. Daussy, Ingénieur Hydrographique en Chef.
Paris: Dépôt-général de la Marine, 1842. 630 x 920mm, edged with linen on reverse.

A little ink offset.

A large sea chart of the Southern Indian Ocean, with parts of southern Africa (with Madagascar) and Western Australia (still with the Dutch names), south to Enderby Land, Kemp Land and Sabrina Coast, all on Antarctica. Near the centre of the chart are the Kerguelen Islands. Insets show details of the various islands.
Enderby Land was named by the whaling brig Tula in 1831, after Enderby Brothers of London, the ship's owners; Kemp land was sighted by Peter Kemp aboard the brig Magnet in 1833; and Sabrina coast was named by John Balleny in 1839, after a Enderby Brothers cutter lost in this sealing expedition.


Stock ID : 21223

£400

£400

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