File:Antarctica, Bouvet Island, discovery map 1739.jpg

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Français : "Carte des Terres Australes comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pôle Antarctique où se voyent les Nouvelles découvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Espérance par les Ordres de Mrs de la Compagnie des Indes. Dressée sur les Mémoires et sur la Carte originale de Mr de Lozier Bouvet chargé de cette Expédition."
Nederlands: Kaart van het traject van de expeditie van Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier, waarbij deze in 1739 Bouvet ontdekte. De kaart werd direct na terugkeer van de expeditie gemaakt. De Franse titel luidt: "Kaart van de zuidelijke landen tussen de Steenbokskeerkring en de Zuidpool, waar men de Nieuwe ontdekkingen ziet, gedaan in 1739 ten zuiden van Kaap de Goede Hoop in opdracht van de (Franse) Oost-Indische Compagnie. Gebaseerd op het logboek en de originele kaart van de heer de Lozier Bouvet, leider van deze expeditie."
English: Map of the expedition of Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier, during which he discovered Bouvet Island in 1739. This map was made immediately after his return (same year). Its French title reads: "Map of the southern lands between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Pole, where one sees the New discoveries made in 1739 south of Cape of Good Hope by orders of the (French) East-India Company. Based on the journals and the original map of Mr de Lozier Bouvet, leader of this expedition.
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Bibliothèque nationale de France
Author Buache, Philippe (1700-1773, cartographer) + Delahaye, Jean-Baptiste (Graveur/Engraver)

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Camera location54° 25′ 31.16″ S, 3° 22′ 22.09″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Bibliographic references: Droits : domaine public; Identifiant : ark:/12148/btv1b59714557 ; Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE BB 565 (1, 25); Appartient à : Atlas geographique, Contenant les Hémisphéres célestes et terrestres ; les Cartes marines du grand Océan ; la Carte générale d'Europe, divisée en ses Etats ; celles des Côtes de la Mer méditerranée, et des Iles Britanniques. Tome I.; Relation : http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40604120c ; Description : Échelle(s) : [1:51 000 000 environ]; Provenance : bnf.fr

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