|
Category: DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA
Description:
NEW GUINEA: 1744 "A Map of the Discoveries made by Captn Willm Dampier in the/Roebuck in 1699" (350x230mm) comprising Timor, the Moluccas, the far west of New Guinea inscribed 'TERRA DE PAPOS', the northern coast of New Guinea, a badly distorted "Nova Britannia", a little aged but most attractive, mounted & attractively framed. [Text at the base of the map states "...This discovery of Captain Dampier that the country he named New Britain was an island is of very great importance..."]
 Listed in:
DOCUMENTS & EPHEMERA , maps , New Guinea
|
1 Images - Click
to enlarge)