Lot #768 - EMANUEL BOWEN [1694-1767]: “A COMPLETE MAP OF THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT, Survey’d by Capt. Abel Tasman.....”
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historial
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Sale Date:09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 1: 10.30am (Lots 501 - 815)
09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 816 - 1105) -
Lot #:768
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Lot Description:EMANUEL BOWEN [1694-1767]: “A COMPLETE MAP OF THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT, Survey’d by Capt. Abel Tasman.....”
[Amsterdam, 1744], 39.5 x 49.5 cm. The first English map of Australia, which is derived directly from Thevenot’s seminal map of 1663, showing the Dutch discoveries in the region. Bowen’s map is the first English map of New Holland. The map appeared in the revised edition of John Harris’ Complete Collection of Voyages. Bowen’s map adds the Tropic of Capricorn and two texts: the upper block emphasizes that no assumptions have been made, so while space abounds between New Guinea and Carpentaria, and between the mainland, Tasmania and New Zealand; the lower text starts: “It is impossible to conceive a Country that promises fairer from its situation, than this of Terra Australia; no longer incognita, as this map demonstrates...” -
Notes:The text includes reference to ‘the best climate in the world’, ‘according to Coll. Purry’. Purry was a former employee of the Dutch East India Company interested in attracting the Dutch, French and English to settle in Nuyts’ land.
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Estimate:A$5,000 - 6,000
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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