Polus Antarcticus [cartographic material] /

• Main Author: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664.
• Other Authors: Jansson, Jan, 1588-1664. Novus atlas.
• Format: Still Image
• Language: unknown
• Published: [Amstelodami : apud Ioannem Ianssonium, 1650]. 1650
• Subjects: Antarctica > Maps > Early works to 1800; Australia > Maps > Early works to 1800; South America > Maps > Early works to 1800; South Pole; Terra Australis; Antarc*; Antarctica; antarcticus; Antarctique*; South pole
• Online Access: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t750

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.; From: Cinquisme partie du grand atlas. / Ioannem Ianssonium. 1650.; 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: Le pole Antarctique, avec les regions qui sont sous ici-lui, e les mers qui le baignent. French language, black type, 2 column text with ornate initial. Printed marginal headings with signature Mm. Pages 109-110.; At centre of map: Terra Australis Incognita.; Koeman, Me 171.; Tooley 750.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t750.