Mapping our world : Terra Incognita to Australia / National Library of Australia
- Bib ID:
- 6486452
- Online Access:
- Archived at ANL
- Related Online Resources:
- Publisher site
- Description:
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- Canberra, ACT : National Library of Australia, 2013-2014
- 1 online resource
- Series:
- PANDORA electronic collection.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: Available online. Address as at 12/5/14: http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/mapping-our-world
- Summary:
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"Mapping our World is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see rare and unique cartographic treasures from around the world. Discover how European explorers unravelled the secrets of the great south land. Highlights of the exhibition include the magnificent Fra Mauro Map of the World; the remarkable Boke of Idrography presented to Henry VIII; an intricate world map by the Benedictine monk Andreas Walsperger (1448); a fifteenth-century Ptolemy manuscript; magnificent and controversial 'Dieppe' charts; one of only four surviving copies of Mercator's groundbreaking 1569 projection, and original manuscript charts by Pacific navigators including Louis de Freycinet, James Cook and Matthew Flinders."--Introduction
- Notes:
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- Title from title screen (viewed on 27 November 2013)
- Selected for archiving
- Life Dates:
- 7 November 2013-10 March 2014
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- National Library of Australia, issuing body
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2064 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2014
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