1719 Alexis Jaillot Large Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map Scarce Final Edition New South Wales Only a few years before

Only a few years before in 1798 Flinders and Bass had proved that there was a strait dividing Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) from the rest of the continent so now the race was on to find the other passage

Denmark asserted its sovereignty over the island

He left behind a full and faithful account of the civil

Lacépède made use of the notes and collections left by Philibert Commerson (1727–1773)

10 years before the first publication of the Botanical Magazine)

1719 Alexis Jaillot Large Antique Twin Hemisphere World Map Scarce Final Edition New South Wales Only a few years beforeTitle : Mappe monde Geo Hydrographique ou Description Generale du Globe Terrestre et Aquatique en Deux Plans Hemipsheres ou son Exactement Remarquees en General Toutes les Parties de la Terre et de L Eau, suivant les Relations les plus Nouvelles, par le S. Sanson Geographe Ordinaire du Roy 1719.(1706) Date : 1719 Size: 36 3 4in x 24 1 2in (930mm x 620mm) Condition: (A) Very Good Condition Ref: 35648 Description: This very large original hand coloured