Mappe-monde et description general du globe terrestre et aquatique [cartographic material] : ou sont remarqu'ees en general toutes les parties de la terre et le l'eau /

Double hemispherical map of the world showing the voyage of Abel Tasman in 1642. Nouvelle Hollande, Terre de Diemen and Nouvelle Guinea are partly charted. Relief shown pictorially.; In the upper left corner are 3 spheres titled Sisteme de Ptolomee, Sisteme du soleil, and Sisteme de Per in the upper...

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Main Author: Academie royale des sciences (France).
Format: Still Image
Language:unknown
Published: [Paris] : Acad'emie royale des sciences, 1742. 1742
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Online Access:http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm196
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Summary:Double hemispherical map of the world showing the voyage of Abel Tasman in 1642. Nouvelle Hollande, Terre de Diemen and Nouvelle Guinea are partly charted. Relief shown pictorially.; In the upper left corner are 3 spheres titled Sisteme de Ptolomee, Sisteme du soleil, and Sisteme de Per in the upper right corner are 3 spheres titled Fazes de la lune, Sisteme de Ticho Brahe, and Sisteme des modernes.; In the lower left corner is a sphere titled Position du monde veu par le C^ot'e du Pole Arctique in the lower right corner is a sphere titled Position du monde veu par le C^ot'e du Pole Antarctique; in the centre are spheres titled Spere artieficiele du armieterre, and Diversit'es d'horisons.; On verso: 2.; Includes table alphabetique and text.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm196. Mappemonde et description general du globe terrestre et aquatique