| Summary: | Corners are filled with native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin and of a penguin being hunted. Title in cartouche and a blank cartouche which was probably intended for a dedication.; Hemispherical map, with notes, centred on the South Pole to the Tropic of Capricorn; includes southern parts of South America and South Africa and the west and south coasts of Terra Australis Incognita. Relief and vegetation shown pictorially.; On verso: Description du Pole Antarctique et des pays adjacens. French language, black type, 2 column text with ornate initial. Printed marginal headings.; Phillips, 260; Tooley 727.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t727; Exhibited: "Mapping our World : Terra incognita to Australia", National Library of Australia, Canberra, 7 November 2013 to 10 March 2014. ANL.
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