File:1852 Bocage Map of Australia and Polynesia - Geographicus - Oceanie-bocage-1852.jpg

Carte de l'Océanie dressée et dessinée sous la direction de Mr. J. G. Barbié du Bocage.

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Title

Carte de l'Océanie dressée et dessinée sous la direction de Mr. J. G. Barbié du Bocage.

Description

English: An uncommon and extremely attractive 1852 map of Oceania by J. G. Barbié du Bocage. Includes Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Malaysia. Australia is described as “pays inconnu” and alternately labeled “New Holland”. Hawaii shown as the “Sandwich Islands”. Features a beautiful frame style border. Prepared by J. G. Barbié du Bocage for publication as plate no. 25 in Maison Basset’s 1852 edition of the Atlas illustré .

Date

1852 (undated)

Dimensions

height: 9 in (22.8 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)

Accession number

Geographicus link: Oceanie-bocage-1852

Source/Photographer

Maison Basset, Atlas Illustré, (1852 issue).

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