Het Niew Hollandt. Nuova Guinea.
Venice: 1697. A globe gore of the Dutch discoveries in the Spice Islands, Papua New Guinea and Australia from the northwest Cape to the Gulf of Carpentaria around Weipa. The map incorporates the discoveries of Tasman's 1st and 2nd voyages in 1642 to 1644; Hartog's discoveries in Eendracht in 1616 in the Concordia; de Witt's discoveries in 1628 on the northwest coast. There is also reference made to discoveries by van Colster in the Arnhem and Carstensz in the Pera in 1623. Coronelli also refers to the uncertainty regarding the location of Marco Polo's "Java Minor", noting that while in the opinion of some it could be identified with Sumatra, others believed it to be Sumbawa or New Holland.
The Italian text below the map which is headed "Nuova Guinea". Lovely vignettes of a fanciful "Australian native life" including palm trees, elephants and deer. One of the most attractive early Australian maps. Copper engraved map 28x23 cm with descriptive text in Italian beneath the map and on the verso of a folio size sheet. There is 3mm hole in the very low margin. Otherwise in excellent , crisp condition.
Clancy p.41, ill.2.13, Clancy p.93, ill.94-95, Tooley p49, no. 352. Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, T.CORO-13a. Item #519
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