Finely coloured example of an important Wall Map / Sea Chart of Australia, the Indian Ocean, one of the first maps to show information from Abel Tasman's 1644 Voyage.
This wall map of the Indian Ocean, shows Tasman's discoveries on the Australian continent for one of the first times on a printed map.
Doncker's chart would become the standard representation of Australia for the next sixty years, as the model of all Dutch cartography of the area. The chart includes details of the Dutch discoveries in Australia of Hartog (1616); Houtman (1619); the Leeuwin (1622) and Carstenszoon (1623); as well as de Wits (1628); and Tasmans second voyage in 1644 (Northern Australia) and Peter Nuyts exploits (1627).
Ready-to-hang framed print on premium quality 200 gsm matte (uncoated) paper, shatterproof transparent plexiglass - includes hanging kit.
