Historic Map : Perthes Map of Australia and Polynesia in Mercator's Projection, 1853, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 5251140 then college shown) in the

then college shown) in the upper left quadrant to Alexander's Island in the south and as far

but as the legend and indeed this map attest

Jansson has curiously oriented this chart with Africa at the center

ostensibly part of the Louisiana Purchase

Historic Map : Perthes Map of Australia and Polynesia in Mercator's Projection, 1853, Vintage Wall Art Old maps of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 5251140 then college shown) in theA fascinating example of the 1853 Perthes map of Australia and Polynesia. This map covers from Southeast Asia eastward as far as the Gulf of California, and from Japan Southwards to include all of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand. This map corrects many of the cartographic errors of the previous century and consequently most coastlines accurately rendered. Inland though, much remains confused and only tenuously explored. Vast stretches of unmapped