Macrobius—World Map
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius [fifth century AD]
World Map after Macrobius
The inhabited world north of the equator balanced by a southern continent
and divided from it by water.
wood-cut; 12.3 cm diameter
Venice: Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis, 1492
State Library of New
South Wales
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra277
Fine—Nova et integra
Oronce
Finé (1491–1555)
Nova, et integra universi orbis descriptio
Double heart-shaped world map, including Terra Australis, ‘recently
discovered but not yet explored’.
engraving; 17.0 x 23.5 cm
Basel: Christian Wechel, 1540 [1531]
State Library of New
South Wales
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2796
Ortelius—Typus orbis terrarum
Abraham Ortelius (1527–1598)
Typus orbis terrarum
World map specifically engraved for the atlas, Theatrum Orbis
Terrarum.
engraving; 33.5 x 49.8 cm
Antwerp: Plantjin, 1587 [1570]
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk10001
Ortelius—Indiae orientalis
Abraham Ortelius
(1527–1598)
Indiae orientalis insularumque adiacientium typus
India, the
orient and adjacent islands, included in Ortelius’ atlas, Theatrum
Orbis Terrarum.
hand-coloured engraving; 32.7 x 47.6 cm
Antwerp: Ortelius, 1570
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk5318
Dese pascaerte vertoont
Dese pascaert vertoont de wegh, soo int heen als in het weerom seylen, die gehouden
is bij het jacht het Duijfien in het besoecken van de landen beoosten
Banda, tot aen Nova Guinea.
Map of the islands in the Banda Sea
and the New Guinea region showing the tracks of the Duyfken in 1606.
engraving; 61.5 x 56.0 cm
Reproduction: Monumenta cartographica, Hague: Martinus Nijhoff,
1925
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra265-s125
Caarte vande Zuijdzee
Caarte vande Zuijdzee
ver tonende wat wech Willem Schouten
Track chart showing a new route west pioneered by Willem Schouten and
Jacob le Maire.
engraving; 17.0 x 40.0 cm
Amsterdam: Willem Schouten, 1618
State Library of Queensland
Gerritsz—Landt van d'Eendracht
Hessel Gerritsz (1581–1632)
Caert van't Landt van d'Eendracht
uyt de Iournalen ende afteykeningen der Stierluyden t'samengestelt
Chart of Eendracht Land based on the journals and drawings of the ship’s
officers.
engraving; 28.5 x 61.0 cm
Amsterdam: Hessel Gerritsz, 1627
State Library of New
South Wales
Dudley—Carta particolare della
costa Australe
Sir Robert
Dudley (1574–1649)
Carta particolare della costa Australe scoperta
dall'Olandesi … d’ Asia Carta
Part of the coast of New Holland.
engraving; 47.5 x 37.3 cm
Firenze: Nella stamperia di Francesco Onofri,
1647
Northern Territory
Library
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-t483
Blaeu—India quae orientalis dicitur
Willem Blaeu
India quae orientalis dicitur, et insulae adiacentes
India and the orient, with adjacent islands.
engraving; 39.6 x 48.5 cm
Amsterdam: Willem Blaeu, 1635
State Library of Queensland
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-t221
Jansson—Mar di India
Jan Jansson (1588–1664)
Mar di India
Indian Ocean
engraving; 41.8 x 53.3 cm
Amsterdam: Jan Jansson, 1650
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t1564
Gerritsz—Chart of the Malay
Archipelago
Hessel
Gerritsz (1581–1632)
Chart of the Malay Archipelago
engraving; 33.0 x 51.0 cm
Amsterdam: Hessel Gerritsz, 1628
State Library of New
South Wales
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm750
van Loon—Pascaerte
van't Oostelyckste
Johannes van Loon
(c.1611–1686)
Pascaerte van't Oostelyckste deel van Oost-Indien: met
alle de Eyelanden daer onder gelegen van Cabo Comorin tot aen Iapan
engraving;
hand-coloured; 53.5 x 41.6 cm
Amsterdam: Johannes van Loon, 1661
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm307
Goos—Oost Indien
Pieter Goos (1615–1675)
Paskaerte zynde t'oosterdeel van Oost
Indien: met alle de eylanden deer ontrendt geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen
Iapan
Chart of the East Indies, south-east Asia, China, Japan and north west
Australia. hand-coloured engraving; 54.0 x 43.0 cm
Amsterdam: Pieter Goos,
1666
State Library of Western Australia
Tasman's Journal
Abel Tasman (1603–1659)
Extract Uittet Journael vanden Scpr Commandr Abel janssen Tasman, bij
hem selffs int ontdecken van't onbekende Zuijdlandt gehouden
Extract from the Journal of the Skipper Commander Abel Janssen Tasman/
kept by himself in discovering the unknown South Land.
manuscript journal; 1 volume, bound in vellum
State Library of New
South Wales
Tasman— ‘Bonaparte’
map
Carten dese landen Zin ontdeckt
bij de compangie ontdeckers behaluen het norder deelt van noua guina ende
het West Eynde van Java dit Warck aldus
[Bonaparte Tasman map]
‘Map these lands were discovered by the Company's
explorers except for the northern part of New Guinea and the west end of
Java.'
hand-coloured manuscript map; 73.0 x 95.0 cm
State Library of New
South Wales
See also: nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk1791
Thevenot—Dutch
discoveries (SLSA)
Thevenot—Dutch
discoveries (SLTAS)
Melchisedech Thevenot (1620–1692)
Hollandia Nova detecta 1644, Terre Australe decouuerte l'an 1644
engraving;
50.0 x 37.0 cm
Paris: De l’imprimerie de Iaqves Langlois, 1663
State Library of South
Australia and State Library of Tasmania
De Wit—Nova
orbis tabula
Frederik de Wit (1630–1706)
Nova orbis tabula, in lucem edita
New map of the world.
hand-coloured engraving; 52.4 x 61.7 cm
Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, 1689
State Library of Victoria
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra10-4
De Wit—Nova totius terrarum
orbis tabula
Frederik de Wit (1630–1706)
Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula
hand-coloured engraving; 50.8 x 60.4 cm
Amsterdam: Frederik de Wit, 1660
State Library of Western
Australia
Hondius—Polus
Antarcticus
Hendrik Hondius (1597–1651)
Polus Antarcticus
Map of south polar regions.
hand-coloured engraving; 55.5 x 65.2 cm
Amsterdam: Valk & Schenk, 1700
Northern Territory
Library
Bowen—A Complete
Map of the Southern Continent
Emmanuel Bowen (1694–1767)
A Complete Map of the Southern Continent
engraving; 37.5 x 48.3 cm
Amsterdam: East India Company, 1744
State Library of South
Australia
Van Keulen—T'Zuijd
landt
Johannes van Keulen (1654–1715)
T'Zuijd landt ontdeckt door Willem
de Vlaming in den Maande van Jan
an February 1697 met t Yagt de Geelvink de Hooker de Nyptang ent Galjoot
t Weseltje
Map of the coast of Western Australia originally sketched by
Willem de Vlamingh in 1697 stretching from Kalbarri north to Vlaming Head
on North West Cape.
hand-coloured manuscript map; 57.0 x 96.8 cm
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm751
Van Keulen—T'Zuijd landt
Johannes van Keulen (1654–1715)
T'Zuijd landt ontdeckt door Willem
de Vlaming in den Maande van Jan
an February 1697 met t Yagt de Geelvink de Hooker de Nyptang ent Galjoot
t Weseltje
Map of the coast of Western Australia originally sketched by
Willem de Vlamingh in 1697 stretching from the Swan River north to Kalbarri
(with inset Rottnest Island).
hand-coloured manuscript map; 56.8 x 96.8 cm
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm752
Cook—A Chart of New
South Wales
James Cook (1728–1779)
A Chart of New South Wales, or the east coast of New Holland, discovered
and explored by Lieutenant J. Cook, commander of his Majesty’s Bark Endeavour,
in the year MDCCLXX [1770]
engraving; 34.5 x 77.4 cm
London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1773
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t325
Flinders—General
Chart of Terra Australis or Australia
Matthew
Flinders (1774–1814)
General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia:
showing the parts explored between 1798 and 1803 by M. Flinders Commr.
of H.M.S. Investigator
engraving; 63.1 x 91.7 cm
London: G. & W. Nicol, 1814
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-t570
Freycinet—Carte
Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande
Louis de Freycinet (1779–1842)
Carte Generale de la Nouvelle Hollande
Voyage of discovery to terra australis, from volume 2 De
L’Atlas Historique.
engraving; 49.0 x 74.5 cm
Paris: Francois Peron, 1811
National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-raa1-s5
Donker—Pas
caart van de Noort Zee
Hendrick Doncker (1626–1699)
Pas caart van de Noort Zee, verthoonende
in zich alle de Custen en Havens daer rontom gelegen
Chart of the North Sea and surrounding countries including, Netherlands,
southern Norway and Sweden, England, Scotland, Denmark and Shetland Islands.
hand-coloured engraving; 42.3 x 53.0 cm
From: Zee-atlas
ofte water-waereld
Amsterdam: Hendrick Doncker, 1659
National Library of Australia
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra10-4
