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Covens and Mortier’s Southeast Asia
Carte des Costes de L’Asie Sur L’Ocean Contenant les Bancs Isle et Costes &c.
- Author: COVENS, Johannes and MORTIER, Cornelius
- Publication place: Amsterdam
- Publisher: chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier
- Publication date: c1720
- Physical description: Engraved chart with original hand colour.
- Dimensions: 572 by 872mm. (22.5 by 34.25 inches).
- Inventory reference: 15818
Notes
A chart of Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
New Guinea is shown twice, once as an island and once as part of Australia, reflecting contemporary cartographic disagreements.
New Guinea is shown twice, once as an island and once as part of Australia, reflecting contemporary cartographic disagreements.
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