Australia 'Bowrey Map'  [1685-8] from The Royal Society of Tasmania’s Map Collection

Bowrey Map. This is a facsimile of a 1685 manuscript map on vellum showing the South Land as discovered by the Dutch and part of a collection of maps of Capt. Bowrey who had served in the East Indies in the 1680's now in the British Museum (BM. Sloane Mss 5222 art. 12). It shows the coast of New Guinea joined to the Gulf of Carpentaria, with soundings marked, west coast [with no break for uncertain parts], Anthony van Diemen's Land. A line has been added in pencil joining V.D.L. to W.A. and New Guinea. A dotted line shows the track of Tasman's voyage. Cross bearings from four points are marked. There are fewer place names than on other maps and in English but show mistakes in translation or copying.

Royal Society Map Collection RS Mp 7

85 cm x 53 cm) (See: G. Schilder, _Australia  Unveiled, Amsterdam 1976, p.149, Mp58)

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