Early Maps of Australia

  

Maps

map before Captain Cook 1753 - Jacques Nicolass
Early Map of Australia

This is one of the very few pre-Cook maps showing only Australia. Produced in 1753 by Frenchman, Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the imaginary line goes from Tasmania to Espiritu Santo to PNG. The coastal note translates: I suppose that the land of Dieman can join with the land of the Holy Ghost but this is without proof."

Nova Hollandia, South Land of the Holy Spirit including Africa
Early Map of Africa India Australia


Early Map of Australia & Indonesia

Light Horse charge at Beersheba on 31 October 1917

Light Horse charge at Beersheba, 31 October 1917
www.lighthorse.org.au/histbatt/photo.htm

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