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Carta particolare della costa Australe by Robert Dudley

Carta particolare della costa Australe by Robert Dudley

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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

The first map of Australia to be published by an Englishman, Robert Dudley's map appeared in his 1646 sea atlas, Arcano del Mare. It shows Dutch charting from 'Golfo Incognito' to the west side of Cape York Peninsula representing their discoveries up to 1623.