Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie

Item

Title
Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie
Subject
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Early maps
Voyages and travels
Papua New Guinea--History
Australia--Torres Strait Islands (Qld.)
Category
1. Settlement
Keywords
Expedition
Creator
Mallet, Alain Manesson
Current holder
Australian National Maritime Museum
Period of reference
1683 – 1683
Link
https://collections.sea.museum/objects/18985/nouvelle-guinee-et-carpentarie?ctx=722bdbde59ba83dca4e9d7388b5219d9e5925172&idx=232
Item number 
00029304
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin 
France
Language
French
Description from source 
Image: 155 x 117 mm Hand coloured copper engraved map titled 'Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie'. This map has been removed from page 247 of ‘Des Terres Australes’ by Alain Manesson Mallet and is part of his monumental work ‘Description de l’Univers’ published in 1683. The map shows New Guinea joined to Cape York in Australia (called Carpentarie on the map) leaving vague the relationship between New Guinea and the coastline of Carpentaria, indicating they were joined. At this time the Dutch were unaware that Torres had sailed through the strait now named for him.
Physical format 
Maps
Books