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Carte d'une partie de la Nouvelle Hollande et l'isle des Arsacides decouverte par Mr.s de Bougainville de Surville et Shortland;
et de quelques autres cotes de la Mer du Sud. par Mr. de Laborde.
[Paris,
P. Didot,
1791].
Double-page engraved chart.
955 by 573mm (37.5 by 22.5 inches).
23016
notes:
From Laborde's 'Histoire abregee de la Mer du Sud ornee de plusiers cartes' (1791), which included, at the end, an account of the French discovery of the "Terres des Arsacides" by Bougainville in 1768 and then by Surville in 1769.
A comprehensive chart of the eastern seaboard of Australia, and Papua New Guinea, with dates of discovery. Tasmania is shown as joined to the mainland. With insets of: 'Partie nord de la Nouvelle Hollande', 'Entree de la Riviere d'Ende...
A comprehensive chart of the eastern seaboard of Australia, and Papua New Guinea, with dates of discovery. Tasmania is shown as joined to the mainland. With insets of: 'Partie nord de la Nouvelle Hollande', 'Entree de la Riviere d'Ende...
bibliography:
Literature: Hill, 'The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages', 956; Tooley, 'The Mapping of Australia', 832.
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