item details
Overview
First edition of De lisle's polar hemispherical map showing Australia and New Zealand according to Tasman's two voyages in 1642-3 and 1644.
The map shows the routes of several well-known explorers including Tasman, de Quires, Magellan and Dampier. De l'isle abandons all notions of Terra Australis Incognita adopting a more accurate description based on actual discoveries. Several of the early Dutch discoveries in Australia are noted. Dampier's Western Australian discovery of Shark Bay (' Scharks Bay ') is noted, as are his exploits in NewBritain. In keeping with his scientific and accurate approach to cartography, Delisle shows two locations for the Solomon Islands , one according to 'Fernand Gallego' (presumably Mendana's chief pilot Hernando Gallego), north-east of New Zealand , the other according to Dudley, charted further towards South America .