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Mapping our world
terra incognita to Australia
by National Library of Australia
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Mapping our world: terra incognita to Australia
2013, National Library of Australia
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Table of Contents
Principal partner's foreword / Andrew Smith
Foreword / Anne-Marie Schwirtlich
Mapping our World / Nat Williams
Terra Incognita To Australia / Martin Woods, Susannah Helman
The Early Printed Maps Collection of The National Library of Australia / Martin Woods
Part I
The Very First World Map? Late Babylonian map of the world
Tjapangati's Map; Jon Rhodes, The maps to Marruwa
Collaborations; Four maps from the Daisy Bates Collection
Stories From The Night Sky; Artist unknown, The Milky Way; Gulbidja Bara, The Magellanic Clouds
We Are All Navigators; Michael Nelson Jakamarra, Five Dreamings
The Antipodes; Macrobius, Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
The Habitable World; Claudius Ptolemy, Geographia
Part II
The T-O Map; St Isidore of Seville, The Etymologies
Updating The Roman World; Anglo-Saxon world map
The World In Miniature; Psalter world map
A Beatus Map; Beatus de Liébana, Commentary on the Apocalypse
From Star-Taker To Sextant; ibn Ahmad Khalaf, Astrolabe
Squeezing An Encyclopaedia Into A Map; Ramsey Abbey Higden map
Part III
Rediscovering Ptolemy; Claudius Ptolemy, Cosmographia
The Riddle Of Cattigara; Lorenz Fries, Map of Asia beyond the Ganges
Heavenly Woodcuts; Hartmann Schedel, Nuremberg Chronicle
Qui Comenza El Mar Scuro: Here Begins The Dark Sea; Fra Mauro, Map of the world
A Benedictine Monk's World View; Andreas Walsperger, World map
A Catalan Merchant And His Markets; Petrus Roselli, Sea chart of the Mediterranean
The Southern Cross Revealed; Andrea Corsali, Letter to Giuliano de Medici; C. Julius Hyginus, Poetica Astronomica
A Matter Of Perspective; Johannes Honter, The Southern Constellations
New Constellations; Willem Jansz. Blaeu, Celestial globe
Measuring The Southern Skies; Johann Bayer, Uranometria
Spheres Of Influence; Diogo Ribeiro, Planisphere
Far From Lisbon; Diogo Homem, Chart of the Pacific Ocean and Chart of the North Indian Ocean, China Sea and part of the Pacific Ocean
Reconciling Columbus And Ptolemy; The Gilt Globe
Henry Viii's Atlas; Jean Rotz, The Boke of Idrography
The Mysterious 'Iave La Grande'; Harleian or Dauphin map
Terra Australis Not Yet Known; Oronce Fine, The New World of Countries and Islands Unknown to the Ancients
Where In The World Was India South? Heinrich Bünting, Cosmographia Universalis
The Mercator Projection; Gerard Mercator, A new and augmented representation of the world
Rethinking The Southern Continent; New Guinea and Polar hemispheres
Ortelius' Great World Map; Abraham Ortelius, New world map
The First Modern Atlas; Abraham Ortelius, Theatrum Orbis Terrarum
Australia In 1545; Cyriaco Jacob zum Barth, Astronomia: Teutsch Astronomei
Part IV
The Indian Ocean World; Petrus Plancius, A new world map, updated in many places; Jan Huygen van Linschoten, His Discours of Voyages into ye Easte & West Indies
Austrialia Del Espiritu Santo; Pedro Fernandes de Queirós, Memorial to Philip III of Spain
Hessel Gerritsz, Master Cartographer; Hessel Gerritsz, Chart of Eendracht Land; Chart of the Malay Archipelago and Australia
For The Dutch Republic, The Great Pacific; Hessel Gerritsz, Map of the Pacific Ocean
At A Safe Distance; Johannes Janssonius, The East Indies; Cornelis Danckerts and Melchior Tavernier, Map of the entire world
Hartog's Discovery; Journal of the Nassau Fleet in the years 1623, 1624, 1625, and 1626
The Company; Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC), VOC bond for 12,000 gulden; Jetso van Vos, VOC ship's log
A Journey To The East Indies; Isaak de Graaf, From the Cape of Good Hope to the Sunda Strait
A Stolen Chart; Isaak de Graaf, The Indian Ocean showing routes between the Cape of Good Hope and the Sunda Strait
Shipwrecked; François Pelsaert, The Unlucky Voyage of the Ship Batavia; Bellarmine jug and cob from the wreck of the VOC ship Vergulde Draeck
Tasman's Journal; Abel Jansz. Tasman, The Huydecoper Journal
New Holland's Birth Certificate; Joan Blaeu, Eastern and Asian archipelago
Tasman's Legacy; Abel Jansz. Tasman, Bonaparte Tasman map
'Terre Australe', East Of New Holland; Melchisédech Thévenot, Account of Diverse Curious Voyages
'Lovers Of Praiseworthy Sea-Navigation'; Hendrick Doncker, Sea Atlas; Pieter Goos, East Indies navigation chart; Pieter Goos, East Indies navigation chart
Antarctic World Views; Henricus Hondius, Polus Antarcticus; Nicholas Visscher, A new and very accurate map of the world
The Grandest Of Maps; Justus Danckerts, Wall map of the East Indies
An Unfinished Beauty; Johannes Loots and Romeyn de Hooghe, Unfinished wall map of the world, eastern hemisphere
A Tale Of Two Worlds; Johannes Janssonius, Atlantis Majoris
Proof Of The Daring Spirit Of His Ancestors; The De Vlamingh Plate
The Last Great Dutch Voyage To Australia; Gerard van Keulen, The South Land visited by Willem de Vlamingh in the months of January and February 1697
Part V
The Secret Of The Sea; Sir Robert Dudley, The Secret of the Sea
The Elusive East Coast Of New Holland; John Thornton, A draught of the coast of New Holland, and parts adjacent; Samuel Thornton, The English Pilot
'To See What That Country Would Afford Us'; William Dampier, A New Voyage Round the World; Mariner's callipers
Master Globe-Maker; Vincenzo Coronelli, Globe gores
New Holland According To The Globe And Sun; Richard Cushee, Terrestrial globe
Bel Et Utile; Didier Robert de Vaugondy, Reduced map of Australasia
'No Longer Incognita'; Emanuel Bowen, A complete map of the Southern Continent, survey'd by Capt. Abel Tasman
'Our Trusty Friend, The Watch'; Norman Banham, John Harrison's first and fourth marine timekeepers (replicas of H1 and H4)
On The Verge Of Greatness; Alexander Dalrymple, Chart of that part of Papua visited by M. Bougainville in 1768
Circumnavigating The World; Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, Voyage Around the World
Hands Across The Sea ; Jean-Baptiste d'Après de Mannevillette, Le Neptune Oriental
'Little Remains Now To Be Done'; James Cook (surveyor) and Isaac Smith (chartmaker), King George's Island or Otaheite; Newzeland; Part of the sea coast of New South Wales or the east coast of New Holland; A sketch of Botany Bay; Sea coast of New South Wales on the east coast of New Holland; Tupaia (surveyor) and James Cook (chartmaker), The Society Islands; Sydney Parkinson, View of part of the eastern coast of New Holland
'Any News Of La Pérouse?'; Jean Nicolas Buache, Map of the Pacific Ocean drawn by order of the King for the voyage of La Pérouse
A Revolution In Charting; Charles François Beautemps-Beaupré, Atlas of the Voyage of Bruny-Dentrecasteaux
The Baudin Expedition; Louis Claude de Saulces Freycinet, Chart of the north river; Charles-Alexandre Lesueur (artist) and Claude-François Fortier (engraver), Coastal profiles of Van Diemen's Land and New Holland
An Account Of The Voyage To Terres Australes; Pierre Bernard Milius, Manuscript journal
Global Roaming; Louis Claude de Saulces Freycinet, General map of New Holland
Péron's Grand Statement; Plan of Sydney
'This Excellent Timekeeper'; Thomas Earnshaw, Box chronometer, serial No. 520; Long case astronomical regulator
Coastal Profiles; William Westall, Views on the north and south coast of Australia
Matthew Flinders: Intrepid Navigator; Matthew Flinders, Gulph of Carpentaria and the neighbouring parts; Part of the coast of New South Wales with its Barrier Reefs; Sheet V - South coast; South coast of Terra Australis; Sketches of the heads of No. 12 and No. 14 Inlets
Terra Australis Or Australia; Matthew Flinders, General Chart of Terra Australis or Australia.
Edition Notes
"This catalogue was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Mapping our world : Terra Incognita to Australia", on display at the National Library of Australia from 7 November 2013 until 10 March 2014"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-237) and index.
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