Nova orbis tabula in Lucem Edita. Late 17th century

'Nova orbis tabula in Lucem edita A.F. de Wit'. Similar to F. de Wit's map of 1660, except for slight revision of coastline of the small portion of Zeelandia Nova shown. The world in two hemispheres with smaller maps of Arctic and Antarctic poles, at top and bottom centre, but the ast...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: de Wit, AF
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: UTAS Special & Rare Collections, The Royal Society of Tasmania 1699
Subjects:
440200 Religion and Religious Traditions
430100 Historical Studies
RS Map
Tasmania
Royal Society of Tasmania
science
natural science
social history
Australia
indexes
University of Tasmania
Library
private deposits
archives
Collections
catalogue
Special
Van Diemen's Land
world
maps
Arctic
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17564/
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17564/1/RS-Mp-8.pdf
https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17564/3/RS-Mp-8.jpg
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Summary:'Nova orbis tabula in Lucem edita A.F. de Wit'. Similar to F. de Wit's map of 1660, except for slight revision of coastline of the small portion of Zeelandia Nova shown. The world in two hemispheres with smaller maps of Arctic and Antarctic poles, at top and bottom centre, but the astronomical maps are omitted. Border decorated with bacchanalian scenes, coloured. (cf. Remarkable maps III 6 [RS.Mp.4]) West Australia & Gulf of Carpentaria shown, small part of V.D.L. and small piece of coastline of N.Z. Size: 55 cm x 46 cm. RS Mp/8

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