1757 Double Hemisphere World Map with Hypothetical Australia Connection

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Vaugondy, Robert de. Orbis Vetus in Utraque Contiente. Paris: c.1757. Double hemisphere world map, with hypothetical east coast of Australia connected to New Zealand and New Guinea. Ornate cartouche above and below. Original outline colour. 50 x 75 cm. The New World, located in the Western Hemisphere, is called 'Atlantis Insula', a reference to the lost continent of Atlantis first described by Plato. Vaugondy further annotates his Atlantis Insula with mythical cities and places of Antiquity such as Machismo and Eusebes. These two cities, for example, are described by Theopompus as being the two great cities of the mythical continent of Hyperborea, a land beyond the North Wind.

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Cartouche - An ornamental panel in the form of of a shield, oval or rectangular scroll with curling edges. It may be carved into the back of a chair or the top of a sideboard, or present on a piece of silver or jewellery, and contain the initials of the original owner, heraldic symbols, or some other inscription, such as the details of a presentation.

In ceramics the term defines the central area of a vase or similar with a decorative border in one of the shapes above, into which a decorative scene or figures have been painted.

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