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Polynesien eller Australien / W.M. Carpelan ; Gr. af C.C. Anderson.

Polynesien eller Australien / W.M. Carpelan ; Gr. af C.C. Anderson.

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV04GrJx3

Polynesien eller Australien / W.M. Carpelan ; Gr. af C.C. Anderson.

About this item

Full title

Polynesien eller Australien / W.M. Carpelan ; Gr. af C.C. Anderson.

Publisher

[Stockholm, Sweden] : publisher not identified, 1827.

Alternative title

Australian continent labelled as: Nya Holland Ulimaroa

Call Numbers

M2 800/1827/1

Record Identifier

74VKV04GrJx3

MMS ID

991024228219402626

Language

Swedish

Physical Description

Cartographic data

Scale approximately 1:47 000 0000 (E 110°--W 120°/N 30°--S 50°)

Physical content

1 map : engraving, colour ; 20.9 x 26.3 cm on sheet 30 x 37 cm.

Content type

cartographic image

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

sheet

Contents

Has inset map
[Area around Port Jackson extending west to Bathurst]

Publication information

Publisher

[Stockholm, Sweden] : publisher not identified, 1827.

Date Published

1827.

Subjects

More information

Scope and Contents

Summary

Map of Oceania and Australasia taken from the two volume set 'Hand-Atlas', prepared by Wilhelm Maximilian Carpelan, Surveyor of Sweden who ran the engraving office of Swedish 'Ingenjorskar' (Corps of Engineers). The map shows the Australian continent marked as 'Nya Holland (Ulimaroa)'. The name Ulimaroa is thought to be after an earlier map by Dani...

Alternative Titles

Full title

Polynesien eller Australien / W.M. Carpelan ; Gr. af C.C. Anderson.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Relief shown by hachures.

Area: South as far as Antipodes Island and north pass the Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands and Patrocino). West from Jakarta (Batavia) east to the Marquesa Islands.

Prime meridian: Ferro.

Cartouche title.

Plate: 1. H. pl. viii. (that is Plate 8 of häftet, or volume 1).

Additional physical form availability note

Online at the National Library of Australia

Online at the State Library of NSW.

Language note

Text in Swedish.

Time Period

d1827

Contextual Information

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

M2 800/1827/1

Record Identifier

74VKV04GrJx3

Permalink

https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKV04GrJx3

Other Identifiers

MMS ID

991024228219402626

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