New Holland and Asiatic Isles

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Includes part of maritime Southeast Asia. New Guinea is labelled as ‘discovered in 1527’—a reference to the Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes—with additional labels describing the terrain (‘Very low land’, ‘Coast is not well known’, ‘An Opening’).

Details
Date
1814
Printer/Publisher
John Thomson; Thomson's New General Atlas
Publication Location
Edinburgh
Attributes

Longitude and Latitude

Scale

Features

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Title
New Holland and Asiatic Isles. [map].
Author
John Thomson and Co., publisher
Publication Date
1814
Map Data
Scale [1:11,250,000].
Format
1 map ; 51 x 62 cm
Language
English
Extent
1 scans.
Additional Information
Drawn and engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas
Publisher Details
[Edinburgh] : Drawn and engraved for Thomson's New General Atlas
Subjects
Australasia -- Maps
Shelfmark
Allen LRO 629 (Weston Stack)
Permalink
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/1vrc72e/oxfaleph013476776
Aleph System Number
13476776
Miscellaneous Notes

General Note: Shows coastal landmarks and settlements.
General Note: Relief shown by hachures and shading.
General Note: Greenwich meridian.
Geographic Coverage Note: Australia, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Copy-specific Notes

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: Allen LRO 629 Folded sheets: folded once. - Hand coloured ill.: Hand coloured: coastlines.
Is Part Of
Thomson, John New general atlas ... 1817

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