Mapping our world : Terra Incognita to Australia
Description: Explores maps, atlases, globes and mapping instruments which tell the story of how Australia came to be on the map. They reveal how our world was documented, from the earliest imaginings of the earth and the night sky by Indigenous Australians to Matthew Flinders' landmark 'General chart of Terra Australis or Australia' in 1814. 'Mapping our world: Terra Incognita to Australia' draws from the collections of the National Library of Australia and from Australian and international lenders, including the British Library, The National Archives of the United Kingdom, the Vatican Library, the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana and the Bibliotheque nationale de France.
Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Explores maps, atlases, globes and mapping instruments which tell the story of how Australia came to be on the map. They reveal how our world was documented, from the…