“Australia was first discovered by the Europeans in 1606, by Willem Janszoon. This means that the wall-map by Blaeu was made only 53 years later,” he said. Portrait of explorer Abel Tasman ...

It’s a fantastic item to have and there are no examples like it in Australia.” Martin also has some more modest cartographic acquisitions in his sights. “The early classroom wall maps of Australia and ...

INTERNATIONAL AUCTION HOUSE Sotheby’s has listed a rare surviving map of Australia, created by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu in 1659. The large wall map – which includes Australia and outlying islands ...