Subject	Early maps
	Australia–Discovery and exploration
	Oceania–Discovery and exploration
	New Zealand–History
	Discoveries in geography
	Tasmania
	Papua New Guinea
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Place Of Publication	Paris
Publisher	Chez Didot
Creator	Prévost, Abbé
Current Holder	Libraries Tasmania
Date	1753-01-01
Series Number	MAP NK 2456/45
Item Number	SD_ILS:1250530
Access Rights	Digitised
Country Of Origin	France
Language	French
Description From Source	Full title: Carte reduite de la Mer du Sud : pour servir a l’Histoire generale des voyages / par M. Bellin Ingr. de la marine, et de la Societe Roye. de Londres. 1 map ; plate dimensions 20.5 x 35.5 cm, on sheet 26 x 38 cm. “Tome XI No. 9”–Lower right. From: Prevost d’exiles, Antoine Francois. Histoire generale des voyages … Paris, Chez Didot, 1746-1761. Vol 11. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. Map of the Pacific Ocean. Australia is attached to New Guinea and Tasmania attached to the mainland. The east coast is entirely imaginary. New Zealand includes only its western coast in an incomplete fashion. This map is remarkable in its historical significance, timed only a few years before the commencement of an intense campaign by the English and the French to explore and map Oceania and the South Pacific.
Physical Format	Maps
Bibliographic Citation	https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/RDJHPBVT/