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Subject: Rare 17th century map of Australia to go on show in Canberra
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Subject: Rare 17th century map of Australia to go on show in
Canberra
Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 16:23:12 +1100
From: Ross Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
FYI:
*Rare 17th century map of Australia to go on show in Canberra*
One of the rarest maps in the world, a 17th century depiction of New
Holland, will go on display for the first time in Canberra after being
forgotten for a century. The large-scale map, Archipelagus Orientalis, sive
Asiaticus (the Eastern and Asian archipelago), was created in 1663 by master
cartographer for the Dutch East India Company, Joan Blaeu. It formed the
basis for all other maps of New Holland and was used by Captain James Cook
to complete the mapping of Australia in 1770.
Read more:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-09/rare-new-holland-map-on-show-in-canber
ra/5011288
Exhibition to open at National Library of Australia, Canberra Thursday, 7
November 2013 - Monday, 10 March 2014 More information:
http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/mapping-our-world
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