Nouvelle Hollande, Vaugondy 1756 - stretched canvas - ready to hang Nova Hollande who sailed with Pedro Fernandes

who sailed with Pedro Fernandes de Quiros

In reality

Ready to hang with hanging hardware included

First discovered by the Dutch navigator

This map includes the coasts discovered and charted more than a century earlier by a series of Dutch navigators including Tasman (West Coast of New Zealand) and Janzoon (West Coast of Cape York Peninsula)

Nouvelle Hollande, Vaugondy 1756 - stretched canvas - ready to hang Nova Hollande who sailed with Pedro FernandesEven in the mid eighteenth century the complete outline of the Australian continent was only guessed at. Southern Tasmania was firmly on the map but the connection between it and the known South West coast was fanciful. This map includes the coasts discovered and charted more than a century earlier by a series of Dutch navigators including Tasman (Van Deimen's Land, the West Coast of New Zealand) and Janzoon (West Coast of Cape York Peninsula). The