Two adjoining gores from Coronelli's influential three-and-a-half-foot globe of the world, showing most of the continent of Australia, titled 'Het Niew Hollandt | Nuova Hollanda'
[Venice, Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti, circa 1701]. The plates for these gores were engraved in 1688 for Coronelli's large 110 cm (42 inch) globe. Engraved vignettes and text show speculative scenes from the unknown interior (including an elephant and numerous deer), drawing on the accounts of Marco Polo. The large..... More