Description
Spectacular large scale detailed chart of the East Indies by one the most exacting French cartographers of the c.18th.
Superbly embellished with an Rococo style title cartouche at top left..
The northern coast of ‘Nouvelle Hollande‘ with place names given by Abel Tasman’s second voyage on the ships Limmen, Zeemeeuw and the tender Braek. Tasman sailed eastwards along the south coast of New Guinea missing Torres Strait, and continued his voyage westwards along the north Australian coast.
From: Vaugondy, R. Atlas Universel, Par M. Robert Geographe ordinaire du Roy, et Par M. Robert De Vaugondy son fils Geographe ord. du Roy, et de S. M. Polonoise, Duc de Lorraine et de Bar, et Associe de L’Academie Royale des Sciences et belles Lettres de Nancy.
