The first map of Australia [cartographic material] : from Nicholas Vallard's atlas, 1547, in the library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. at Middle Hill, 1856.
Published / Created:
[Worcestershire] : [Middle Hill Press], [1856]
Physical Description:
1 map : col. ; 37.6 x 55.4 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlas (printed)
Scale:
Scale indeterminable.
Notes:
Facsimile map from Nicholas Vallard's manuscript sea atlas (1547), now held in the Huntington Library, San Marino, California. The original chart was produced in Dieppe, France in the 16th century, and was thought to represent Portuguese charting of the northeastern coast of Australia.
Subject Terms:
Australia -- Maps. | Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Maps.
Form/Genre:
Maps -- Australia -- 1856. | Chromolithographs -- 1856.