Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages
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Title
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Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages
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Subject
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Early maps
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Australia--Discovery and exploration
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Oceania--Discovery and exploration
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New Zealand--History
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Discoveries in geography
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Tasmania
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Papua New Guinea
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Category
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1. Settlement
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Author
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Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
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Place of Publication
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Paris
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Publisher
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Chez Didot
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Creator
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Prévost, Abbé
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Current holder
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Libraries Tasmania
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Date
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January 1, 1753
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Series number
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MAP NK 2456/45
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Item number
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SD_ILS:1250530
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Access rights
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Digitised
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Country of origin
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France
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Language
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French
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Description from source
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Full title: Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l'Histoire generale des voyages / par M. Bellin Ingr. de la marine, et de la Societe Roye. de Londres.
1 map ; plate dimensions 20.5 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 26 x 38 cm.
"Tome XI No. 9"--Lower right.
From: Prevost d'exiles, Antoine Francois. Histoire generale des voyages ... Paris, Chez Didot, 1746-1761. Vol 11.
Prime meridian: Isle de Fer.
Map of the Pacific Ocean. Australia is attached to New Guinea and Tasmania attached to the mainland. The east coast is entirely imaginary. New Zealand includes only its western coast in an incomplete fashion. This map is remarkable in its historical significance, timed only a few years before the commencement of an intense campaign by the English and the French to explore and map Oceania and the South Pacific.
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Physical format
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Maps