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Nuova Guinea

Details:

Title

Nuova Guinea,

Other title

Het Niew Hollandt,

Creator

Coronelli, Vincenzo,

Collection

MapNT, PublicationNT, MapNT,

Date

1697,

Description

Het Niew Hollandt. by Vincenzo Coronelli. Venice 1693. Tooley p. 209, #56, plate 136. An extremely attractive map featuring the North Coast of Australia from Terra de Witt to the base of Cape York. The inland is fancifully vignette with elephants, stags, natives, monkeys, etc. The coastline, correct for its period, contains 16 names.,

Map scale

Scale [ca. 1:12 200 000].,

Notes

[cartographic material], Untitled part of a terrestrial globe gore (1688?) showing the northern part of Australia and part of the East Indies. Australia is titled Het Niew Hollandt o Terra di Concordia, with a note Scoperta l'anno 1618. Descriptive text headed "Nuova Olanda" on adjoining page 149. Relief shown pictorially., rnhem Land Shown, with vignettes of elephant and reindeer, Torres Strait called Mer de Lantchidol., Atlante veneto ... V. 2. Isolario dell'Atlante veneto. Venetia, 1697. p. 148 -- NUC Pre-1956.,

Language

English,

Subject

Arnhem Land (N.T.), Maps, Early works to 1800, Indonesia, Maps, Early works to 1800, New Guinea, Maps, Early works to 1800,

Publisher name

[Coronelli],

Place of publication

[Venetia],

Format

1 map ; 22 x 28 cm,

File type

application/pdf,

Use

No known copyright,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/270452,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/270452

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/434420,