NICHOLAS BAUDIN AND MATTHEW FLINDERS

The Antiquarian Print Gallery is celebrating the bicentenary of this historic ‘Encounter’ We are issuing a Quality Limited Edition taken from our collection of original French cartography published in the atlas "Historique...", 1811: the record of charts and maps by Baudin’s cartographer, Louis de Freycinet. These maps represent the first unveiling of the South Australian coastline, previously recorded as the mysterious "Unknown Coast".

South Coast of Australia,1808

"Carte Generale de la Terre Napoleon (a la Nouvelle Hollande)/ redigee d'apres les travaux executes a bord de la corvette le Geographe et de la Goellette le Casuarina par M.L. Freycinet an 1808"
Originally Published Paris 1811-12, this map has delicately hand coloured cartouches featuring Napoleon himself in the upper right hand corner, and a natural history scene revealing the wonders of this previously un recorded coastline, in thee lower left hand corner.
Quality Limited Facsimile Edition is 250.
Same Size as original chart = 68cm x 48cm Numbered Print.............................$328( includes GST)
We are glad to assist in the choice of frame as we also provide a Quality Framing Service

Gulf of St. Vincent and Spencer Gulf, 1803

"Carte generale des Golfes Bonaparte et Josephine (a la Terre Napoleon, Nouvelle Hollande)/ par M.M.L. Freycinet et Boullanger 1803"
A detail of the gulfs, also published in 1811-12, that appears on the larger map of the South Coast of Australia. This map's importance in highlighting the names of prominent features (after important people!) was not reprinted when the French were olbliged to replace many French names with the ones Matthew Flinders had chosen if he discovery had predated Baudin's Voyage. Also many of those people of importance were no longer in postions of power.
Quality Limited Facsimile Edition is 350.
Size same as original chart = 19cm x 22cm
Numbered Print.............................$66(incl. GST)
We are glad to assist in the choice of frame as we also provide a Quality Framing Service

Both maps are presented in an attractive acid free mat presentation including a red wax seal ready for framing, or you may wish to choose your own presentation.
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