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(Captain Cook) Rare late 18 th century embroidered silk map…
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Melbourne
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11-Dec-2017
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(Captain Cook) Rare late 18 th century embroidered silk map representing 'New Holland' with Van Diemen's land still attached, and displaying the routes of Captain Cook's three voyages. Original inked identifications of 'New South Wales' and 'Botany Bay' and of 'Concord Land', so-named from Dirk Hartog's discovery in 1616 in the ship Endracht or 'Concord'. Van Diemen's land is identified as 'Diemens Ld' and is attached to the main continent. Tasmania was not identified as a separate continent until 1798, after Bass and Flinders' circumnavigation. Embroidered figural groups of the four continents in each corner. Ink, silk, and silk thread embroidery laid down on linen. Framed in a later 19 th -century birdseye maple frame. 50 x 84 cm
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