1814 New Holland and Asiatic IslesHigh Resolution Image By: John Thomson Date: 1814 (dated) Edinburgh Original Size: 19. 5 x 24. 25 inches (49. 5 x 61. 5 cm) This is a fine print reproduction of one of the earliest large format maps to focus on the entire continent of Australia. Only 10 years prior to the making of this map did Matthew Flinders become the first explorer to circumnavigate the continent which was then known as New Holland. Ten years after this map was made, Australia

and the Mad Hatter can also be found within the map

and the initial discovery by Hendrick Hudson in 1609 to name a few

The map was originally published by Alexis-Hubert Jaillot out of Paris in the year 1696

Date: 1904 (dated) Japan

the Missouri Territory that not only encompasses much of the western portion of America

Dimensions: 19 x 22 inches (48

Texas in 1918 and moved to Los Angeles for art school

Date: 1864 (Published) New York

The map is beautifully embellished with numerous vignettes of sailing ships

Centered on an exquisite compass rose

which needed to make known its vulnerability to English attack

5 inches (34