Acquired From: Gowrie Galleries
Colouring: Coloured
Condition: Very Good
Confirmed: Yes
Dealers ID No.: M355 (STK 1265.01)
Description: This important map of the southern hemisphere is the first state of Carte des Terres Australes, issued in 1714 by Guillaume Delisle, one of the most influential French cartographers of the early eighteenth century. A landmark in Enlightenment-era geography, the map rejects longstanding traditions of a vast Terra Australis Incognita in favour of a more empirical, observation-based depiction of the southern latitudes.nDelisles map was one of the first to represent the region without the speculative southern continent that had dominated European cartographic thought since the Renaissance. Instead, it compiles and charts the documented voyages of major explorers, notably:n Ferdinand Magellan (1520) first circumnavigation Pedro Fernandes de Queirós (1606) Terres Australes de Saint Esprit (Vanuatu) Dirk Hartog (1616) western Australia (Eendracht Landt) Pieter Nuyts (1627) southern coast Jan Carstenszoon (1623) Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria Abel Tasman (164243, 1644) Tasmania, New Zealand, northern coast of Australia William Dampier (1699) Shark Bay (Scharks Bay) and New BritainnDelisle presents an informed yet cautious view of Pacific geography. The Solomon Islands are shown in two conflicting positions: one based on the voyage of Álvaro de Mendaña (156769), as recorded by his pilot Fernando Gallego; the other drawn from Sir Robert Dudleys alternative location, closer to South America. This ambiguity remained until later editions relocated the islands definitively east of New Guinea.nThe map became a cartographic foundation for the southern hemisphere throughout the eighteenth century. As R.V. Tooley notes, it was reissued in at least eleven distinct states by prominent publishers such as Jean Covens and Cornelis Mortier, Hendrik de Leth, and Philippe Buache. Notable later developments include:n1. 1740 Bouvet Island added, discovered by Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (Tooley M355/2)n2. Post-1745 Solomon Islands repositioned; speculative eastern Australian coast appearsn3. 1771 Introduction of a conjectural Antarctic continent; New Zealand linked to it (Buache; Tooley 1521a)n4. 1782 Incorporation of James Cooks first voyage (176871), showing Australia's east coast and New Zealand with new accuracynDelisles Hemisphere méridional thus marks a turning point in European perceptions of the south. It integrates Dutch discoveries with the emerging scientific rigor of French cartography and helped set the standard for southern hemisphere mapping until the age of Cook.
First published: Atlas Nouveau Paris: Guillaume Delisle, 1714
Image Size (cm): 45.5×45.5
Mapmaker: Delisle, Guillaume (1675-1726)
Price: A1,440 plus gst
Primary Category: World
Purchase Reference: Inv. 2831
References: Tooley, Mapping of Australia and Antarctica 42.
This state: 1714
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