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Australia & Oceania

Antique rare maps of Australia & Oceania





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1943 - New Guinea

  • $14.99

Anti-Nazi Propaganda Broadside of New Guinea Published in the British Empire Fascinating WWII broadside propaganda map illustrating the Theater of War during the New Guinea, published in India, in order to keep the local populous informed about the...


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1622 - Tabula, ductum navigationis, quem in Mari Australi tenuit Iacobus Le Maire, Simulque Insulas ac terras sive Regiones ab eo primium detectas, delineans (with titles repeated in Dutch and French)

  • $9.99

Nice example of the map illustrating the route of Wilhelm Schouten and Jacob Le Maire through the Straits of Le Maire and across the Pacific to the area northeast of Australia. Willem Cornelisz Schouten (1567-1625) was a navigator for the Dutch East...


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1833 - Carte de L'Ocean ou 5e. Partie du Monde a l'usage des Colleges . . .

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Rare large format map of Oceania and the Pacific which was apparently prepared for instructional purposes. An early example of lithography on French maps, perhaps the earliest we have ever seen. This is the first time we have offered this map.


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1860 - Oceanie

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Early Migeon map of the Pacific Ocean, with a large inset map of Noumea.


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1864 - Map of Oceanica, Exhibiting its Various Divisions, Island Groups, &c.

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Attractive map of islands showing inset of the Sandwich Islands [Hawaiian Islands]. An excellent Civil War vintage map. Includes a decorative floral border. SA Mitchell Jr. acquired his father's former business from DeSilver in 1860 and relaunched a...


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1650 - Polus Antarcticus Joannes Janssonius excudit.

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Third state of Hondius' decorative map of the South Polar region, with the name Joannes Janssonius appearing for the first time. The present state predates the first appearance of New Zealand and Van Dieman's Land. The map includes significant...


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1657 - [South Polar Regions]

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Decorative example of Jansson's map of the South Polar region, including the earliest appearance of New Zealand and Van Dieman's Land. The supposed coastline of the unknown southern continent continues to appear. Includes notes regarding the...


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1657 - [Untitled Map of South Pole]

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Old color example of this rare late edition of Hondius' decorative map of the South Polar region, including the earliest appearance of New Zealand and Van Dieman's Land on this map. The supposed coastline of the unknown southern continent continues to...


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1676 - Poli Antarctici cum Terris Circumajacentibus descriptio

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Scarce map of the South Polar regions, published in a late edition of the Jansson-Cloppenberg Atlas Minor. Includes an early depiction of Australia and New Zealand, with a note on islands seen by Magellan. Remnants of the mythical Terra Australis...


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1686 - Nouvelle Guinee et Carpentarie

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Beautifully engraved hand colored antique map of Cape York Peninsula, the Gulf of Carpenteria and New Guinea. The area is depicted before the Torres Strait was charted. The map was published as part of the 1686 German edition of Alain Manesson Mallet's...


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1714 - Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes . . . 1714

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First edition of De L'Isle's important map of the Southern Hemisphere, first published in 1714. De L'Isle's map is an important early map of the South Polar regions, which would become the standard base map for French and Dutch map makers for much of...


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0 - Kaart der Reyse van Abel Tasman volgens syn eygen opstel. J. van Braam et G. onder de Linden Excud. Cum Privil.

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A Foundational Rarity for the Mapping of Australia and The Earliest Printed Map of Australia Based Upon Tasman's Discoveries Antique engraved map showing the track of Abel Tasman's First Voyage of 1642-43, when he sailed from Mauritius. Although the...


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1738 - Terres Antarctiques

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Rare map of the Southern Hemisphere, illustrating the known and imagined lands of the Antipodes. The map provides a fine accounting of the lands of the South Polar regions, some of which were fictional. The map includes outlines of Antarctic...


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1740 - Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes par Guillaume De L'Isle Onse voyent les Nouvelles decouvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Esperance Par les Ordres de Mrs. de la Compagnie des Indes . . . (with additional t

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A Rare Ottens map of the Southern Hemisphere, with an additional text panels Southern Hemisphere This fascinating map captures the entire Southern Hemisphere from a polar projection. This rare variant example includes an additional text panel...


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1740 - Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes par Guillaume De L'Isle Onse voyent les Nouvelles decouvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Esperance Par les Ordres de Mrs. de la Compagnie des Indes

  • $21.99

A Rare Pair of Ottens Maps of the Northern and Southern Hemisphere, made especially to commemorate Lozier Bouvet's 1738-9 voyage. Fine pair of maps of the northern and southern hemispheres, originally by Guillaume Delisle and here re-issued by...


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1753 - Carte Reduite Des Terres Australes . . . 1753

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Fine Early Map of Australia with Dutch Discoveries and Innovative Geographic Theories Nice example of Bellin's map of Australia, which featured in the Abbe Prevost’s massive voyage collection, Histoire générale des voyages, published from 1746 to...