Summary: | Corners are filled with native scenes, including animals, birds, boats and a representation of a penguin and of a penguin being hunted.; From: Atlantis majoris qvinta pars, . / Jan Jansson.; 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 Australia. Relief and vegetation shown pictorially; On verso: Polus Antarcticus cum regionibus subjacentibus et maribus illum alluentibus. In Latin, black type, 2 column text with ornate initial and printed marginal headings.; At centre of map: Terra Australis Incognita.; The inscription "Nova Hollandia detect Anno 1644" refers to Tasman's second voyage.; Phillips, 465; Tooley, 730; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t730.
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