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Creator: Leth, Hendrik de, 1692-1759.
Title: Carte nouvelle de la Mer du Sud [cartographic material] : dressee par ordre des principaux Directeurs & tiree des memoirs le plus recents et des Relations des navigateurs les plus modernes : tant de France que d'Espagne : l'on ya joint, diverses remarques curieuses par raport aux decouvertes des graduations des manierres du pais que de la navigation / donne au public par And. & Henry de Leth a Amsterdam sur le Pont de la Bourse au Pescheur.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:31,000,000]
Publisher: [Te Amsterdam : Bij Johannes Covens & Cornelius Mortier, 1707-1741].
Date: 1740
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 56.1 x 91.7 cm.
Notes: This highly decorative map highlights the continent of North and South America, featuring California as an island, as well as the Pacific and the Atlantic oceans. It also includes Nouvelle Hollande [i.e. Australia] and Nouvelle Guinea [i.e. New Guinea], both distortedly represented, with a portion of South-East as well as the west coast of Africa. In particular, note that the 'Solomon Islands' are depicted next to Carpentaria which extends into Terre de Quir and joins 'Nouvelle Zelande'. The sea tracks of explorers are included. The map also includes many vignettes, annotations and some insets. Relief is shown pictorially.

Includes text and ill.

Imprint in French on map: Amsterdam : Donne au public, par Aud. & Henry de Leth, [1740].

Imprint in Dutch on map: Uyt gegeven door And. en Hend. de Leth tot Amsteldam op de Beurs-Zluys in de Visser, [1740].

Explanatory text in Latin at bottom left of map: Nova Maris Pacifici Tabula ... .

Explanatory text in Dutch at bottom right of centre on map: Nieuwe Kaart van de Zuyd Zee ... .

Decorative features include: Cartouche decorated with a lion, a leopard, a fox and monkeys at bottom right hand corner of map, showing the settlement of Cape Town and its shipping -- Decorative cartouche at centre bottom of map showing the religious practices of Indians in Mexico -- Vignette of native life in the French Islands.

Prime meridian: Ferro.

Probably vol. 3, no. 94 from: Nieuwe atlas inhoudende de vier gedeeltens der waereld ... versameldt van de beste autheuren. Te Amsterdam : Bij Johannes Covens & Cornelius Mortier, 1707-1741.

Tooley, 857; Koeman, C & M 10, v. 3, no. 94; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t857; Also available in a digitised form via the Internet at http://image.sl.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/ebindshow.pl?doc=crux/a127;seq=61
Subjects: Australia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Tasmania -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Western Hemisphere -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Pacific Ocean -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800.
Tasmania -- 1740 -- Maps.
Australia -- 1740 -- Maps.
Pacific Ocean -- 1740 -- Maps.
Western Hemisphere -- 1740 -- Maps.
America -- 1740 -- Maps.
Call Number: MAP T 857
Amicus Number: 22632496
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t857