En Ilhas De Ladrones 54 x 43.75 cms. SOLD An interesting and early chart of the Pacific - one of the first to record the observations of Tasman s voyages. Oriented with north to the right, the recently discovered Van Diemen s Land and west New Zealand coastlines are shown, as is part of Carpentaria. In the north, Japan and the Island of California are seen. A handful of islands appear in the mid-Pacific, illustrating information that was not to improve appreciably for another 100 years.
Cherubs using navigational instruments support the elegant cartouche, at lower left.
24 x 18 cms. Based on the up-dated map of Hondius, the map shows Tasman s discoveries and some remnant indications of the Great Southern Continent. The calotte, or circular polar gore, from one of Vincenzo Coronelli s largest printed globes. SOLD Set in a page of text, this map of northern Australia includes the southern Moluccas and was published in Vincenzo Coronelli s Isolario . The coast has a few placenames, notably around Arnhem s Land, discovered in 1623, and the interior is filled with vignettes of southeast Asian scenes.