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Article: Developments at the national library of Australia, 2004-05.(HIGHLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIAN MAP LIBRARIES, 2004-2005)
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- The Globe
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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Significant Acquisitions
It has been a year of significant acquisitions for NLA Maps, including the following items (see 'Gateways' online for more details at nla.gov.au/ntwkpubs/gatehome.html):
1) Richard Cushee-Matched pair of terrestrial and celestial globes, 1731: Call numbers Map Globe 6 and Map Globe 7 (see 'Gateways' April 2005). This pair of terrestrial globes is significant as it is the earliest printed English map to define the east coast of Australia, nearly 40 years before Cook.
2) Charles. F. Beautemps-Beaupre--Manuscript map of Australasia, 1796: Call number: Map rm 3852 nla.gov.au/nla.maprm3852 (see 'Gateways' Feb 2005). One of ...