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Creator: Thevenot, M. (Melchisedech), 1620?-1692.
Title: Hollandia Nova detecta 1644 ; Terre Australe decouuerte l'an 1644 [cartographic material] / [M. Thevenot].
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:13 000 000]
Publisher: [Paris : De l'imprimerie de Iaqves Langlois, 1663]
Date: 1663
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 50 x 37 cm.
Notes: Conventional to colour coastline in blue. In this map land mass coloured blue, coastline pink and green.

From: Thevenot's "Relations de divers voyages curieux". Paris, J. Langlois, 1663.

Latitude indicated by vertical scale in centre of map ; a compass rose l.r. section.

3rd state of a map of Australia, incomplete south and E. Coast, part of Tasmanian coastline ; New Zealand and New Guinea incomplete. Error in recording of latitude corrected and rhumb lines are now showing.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk2785; Also available in the "Australia on the Map website" at: http://www.australiaonthemap.org.au/GFX/pictures/thevmap.jpg; Library's copy of "Relations de divers voyages ..." at NK 5502. Map opposite p. 50.

Library's copy of map has compass rose point decorated by colorist.
Subjects: Australia -- Maps -- To 1800.
Australia -- 1663.
Call Number: MAP NK 2785
Amicus Number: 7877072
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk2785