VALENTYN (FRANCOIS)


Kaart der Reyse van Abel Tasman, engraved map on 2 sheets joined, several light fold creases, 315 x 475mm., Dordrecht, J. van Braam, and Amsterdam, G. Onder de Linden, 1726
|A scarce map detailing the routes taken by Abel Tasman in Australasia during two voyages of 1642 and 1644, when he discovered Tasmania and New Zealand and proved that Australia was not part of the Great Southern Continent.