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Dr Henry Nowik AO OBE Collection of maps & prints Online (#55OL) 06/07/2017 8:00 AM AWST - 06/14/2017 3:20 PM AWST Closed

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Lot 5AUSTRALIA: "A Complete Map of the Southern Continent, Survey'd by Capt Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland, in the Stadt House at Amsterdam", by Emanuael Bowen [London, 1744], hand-coloured, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 68x59cm. {The first large-scale map of Australia by an Englishman showing the 1642-43 and 1644 discoveries of Abel Tasman in Australia and New Zealand}.

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Lot closed - Price Realized:$3,800
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Dr Henry Nowik AO OBE Collection of maps & prints Online (#55OL) 06/07/2017 8:00 AM AWST - 06/14/2017 3:20 PM AWST Closed

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  • AUSTRALIA: "A Complete Map of the Southern Continent, Survey'd by Capt Abel Tasman & depicted by Order of the East India Company in Holland, in the Stadt House at Amsterdam", by Emanuael Bowen [London, 1744], hand-coloured, window mounted, framed & glazed