1753 Bellin Antique Map of Australia & New Zealand - Carte Reduite.....Australes Mexico or in the Kings Bench

or in the Kings Bench Prison

antique map of France and the postal roads of the day was engraved in 1758 - the date is engraved in the title cartouche - and published by Robert Du Vaugondy in his Atlas Universal

to Masters Mate

The outline was a much simplified polygon

1753 Bellin Antique Map of Australia & New Zealand - Carte Reduite.....Australes Mexico or in the Kings BenchTitle : Carte Reduite des Terres Australes pour Servir a l'Histoire des Voyages 1753 Ref #: 17027 Size: 13 1 2in x 10in (340mm x 255mm) Date : 1753 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This original copper plate engraved antique map of Australia one of the earliest, near complete maps, dedicated to the Island Continent was engraved in 1753 by Jacques Nicolas Bellin date engraved in the title and was published in Antoine Prevosts Histoire