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Cartographer: Matthias Quad
Title: : Chica sive Patagonica et Avstralis Terra
Date: 1611 Size: 12 x 9 inches
Published: Heidelberg
Description: Terra Australis. Early map showing the "Southern Continent" and Magellan Straits.
Map Ref: POLAR137

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Cartographer: Johann Ulrich Muller
Title: : [Antarctica]
Date: 1692 Size: 3 x 6 inches
Published: Ulm
Description: South Pole with German text below giving details of explorations. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR118

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Cartographer: Guillaume De L'Isle
Title: : Hemisphere Meridional pour voir plus distinctement Les Terres Australes
Date: 1714 Size: 18 x 18 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Map showing the most up to date geography know of the Southern Hemisphere. Marking the routes of Magellan, Dampier and other explorers. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: POLAR419

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Cartographer: C. & J. Weigel
Title: : Facies Poli Antarctici
Date: c. 1720 Size: 14 x 12 inches
Published: Nuremberg
Description: South Pole showing Terra Incognita. Original colour.
Map Ref: POLAR123

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Cartographer: Henri du Sauzet
Title: : Terres Antarctiques
Date: 1734 Size: 10 x 7 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Polar projection of the southern hemisphere. Based on Jansson's map, but with updated geography and early coastlines for Australia and New Zealand. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR57

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Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne
Title: : Mappe-Monde sur le Plan de L'Equateur, Hemispere Meridional
Date: c. 1780 Size: 14 x 9 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Southern Hemisphere. Map centring on the South Pole with Australia, Southern Africa and South America. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR217

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Cartographer: Capt. James Cook
Title: : Carte de L'Hemisphere Austral Montrant les Routes des Navigateurs les plus Célebres Par le Captaine Jacques Cook
Date: c. 1790 Size: 22 x 22 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Polar projection map of the Southern Hemisphere from the French edition of “Cook’s Voyages”. Marks the tracks of early European explorers including Cook, Byron, Tasman and Dampier. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR199

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Cartographer: Capt. James Cook
Title: : [Van Kerguelens Land]
Date: 1794 Size: 11 x 10 inches
Published: Amsterdam
Description: Van Kerguelens Island. Chart of part of the island. Inset Prince Edwards Island. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR198

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Cartographer: Capt. James Cook
Title: : [Kerguelen Islands]
Date: 1794 Size: 9 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Sketch maps of two harbours on Kerguelen (or Desolation) Island made by James Cook during his third expedition in 1776. Coloured.
Map Ref: POLAR486

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Cartographer: SDUK
Title: : Circumjacent the South Pole
Date: 1831 Size: 12 x 12 inches
Published: London
Description: The South Pole before the great age of exploration, when little of the continent was known. Original colour.
Map Ref: POLAR394

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Part of the Southern Hemisphere, Shewing Recent Discoveries
Date: 1833 Size: 11 x 11 inches
Published: London
Description: Southern hemisphere polar regions showing recent discoveries including tracks of Cook and Biscoe. The coastline, etc, shown in red has been copied in facsimilie from Bransfield's chart, as published in 1822 by the Admiralty. The lettering in red has been transcribed from the original MS chart. The remainder of the chart is based upon the most recent surveys. Hand coloured in outline. [Pedersen & Curtis: 9]
Map Ref: POLAR154

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Cartographer: Joseph Wilson Lowry
Title: : Perspective Projection of the Southern Hemisphere on the Plane of the Horizon of London
Date: c. 1845 Size: 16 x 17 inches
Published: London
Description: The Southern Hemisphere centred on New Zealand and showing the first speculative discoveries along the coast of Antarctica, including Victoria Land, Enderby Land, and Adelie Land.
Map Ref: POLAR490

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Cartographer: Joseph Meyer
Title: : Neueste Karte vom Sud-Pol
Date: 1853 Size: 15 x 12 inches
Published: Hildburghausen
Description: Antarctica, illustrating the discoveries and explorations of the continent, from Cook in 1773 to Wilkes in 1840. Much of the coastline is still conjecture. Original colour. [Pedersen & Curtis: 13]
Map Ref: POLAR364

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Cartographer: Joseph Hutchins Colton
Title: : Southern Regions
Date: 1855 Size: 13 x 16 inches
Published: New York
Description: South Pole and the Antarctic. Elegant map with decorative border. [Pedersen & Curtis: 15]
Map Ref: POLAR256

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : The South-Polar Regions
Date: 1869 Size: 10 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: Map to Illustrate the Paper by Staff Commander J. E. Davis. Shows major voyages and discoveries in South Polar Region at this time. Original printed colour. [Pedersen & Curtis: 16]
Map Ref: POLAR263

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Cartographer: Justus Perthes
Title: : [Challenger Expedition]
Date: 1874 Size: 12 x 10 inches
Published: Gotha
Description: Two maps on one sheet showing the route of the Challenger Expedition around the South Pole as well as detail on Macdonald and Heard Islands. Printed colour.
Map Ref: POLAR351

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