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Carte generale de la Nouvelle Hollande
by Louis de Freycinet

Louis de Freycinet (1779–1842)
Carte generale de la Nouvelle Hollande
Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes
Voyage of discovery to terra australis, from volume 2 De L’Atlas Historique.
engraving; 49.0 x 74.5 cm
Paris: Francois Peron, 1811

http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/cdview?pi=nla.map-raa1-s5

Carte generale de la Nouvelle Hollande was released before Flinders' chart, though after his work charting the coast had been undertaken. Freycinet's map of New Holland was nonetheless the first 'complete' map printed of the Australian coast. It was published in 1811 in the Atlas Historique.