An unusual map of the Eastern Hemisphere

SCHERER, Heinrich.

Fol I. Planisphaerii Aequinoctalis Delineation Geometrica.
Munich, 1710. 240 x 190mm.

Narrow right margin.

A map of the Eastern Hemisphere, with an unusual outline for Australia here named ' Nova Hollandia ', with 'Carpentaria' separate from the mainland. In the borders are more spherical diagrams. From the 'Atlas Novus' by Heinrich Scherer, a Jesuit mathematician and geographer.


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