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Title Planisphere physique [cartographic material] : ou l'on voit du Pole Septentrional ce que l'on connoit de Terres et de mers avec les grandes chaines de montagnes, qui traversant le globe, divisent naturellement les terres soit en parties elevees soit en terreinus de fleuves inclines vers chaque mer, et partagent les mers par une suite de montagnes marines indiquees par les isles... /
Creator Buache, Philippe, 1700-1773.
Contributor Desbruslins, F.
L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726.
Academie des sciences (France)
Publisher Paris : Chez Dezauche, succ'r des Srs. De L'Isle et Buache et avec tous les Ouvrages Geographiques de Guill, Delisle, Rue des Noyers, [1769-1799]
Subject World maps -- Early works to 1800.
World -- 1762.
Coverage 1769 - 1799
Description "Pl. II." printed upper right hand corner.; Map of the world centred on the N. Pole. Shows tracks of explorers - Relief shown with hachures; Australia joined to New Guinea ; supposed coast joins S. Australia to Tasmania and Terre du St. Esprit.; Map shows cartographer's suppositions concerning continental mountain ranges and other topographical features, discussed in textual panels beside the map, in Mem. de L'Ac. des Sciences of 1762.; Meridian : Isle de Fer.; Plate II from : Atlas geographique des quartre parties ... Delisle, G. and Buache, P. Paris, 1769-1799.; Phillips, 3512.; Tooley, 274.; Library's Tooley copy has sheet dimensions 54.2 x 76.6 cm. ; Rex Nan Kivell copy has sheet dimensions 43.1 x 56.8 cm.; Rex Nan Kivell Collection Map NK 1583.; Tooley Collection Map T 274.
Format 1 map : col. ; 32,9 cm. diam., on sheet 54.3 x 76.6 cm.
Date 1769 - 1799
Type Image
Source Item held by National Library of Australia
Rights You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact the <a href="http://www.nla.gov.au/digicoll/copyright.html">National Library of Australia</a> to request permission.
Identifier nla.map-nk1583
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-nk1583
Geographic Terms Australia
New Guinea
Tasmania
Meridian [Meridian]
Isle de