Old Map of the World by Homann, 1720: Double-hemisphere; Australia incomplete, early NZ coast; Tasman & Magellan tracks Size:24x30in (60x75cm) its presence etched as a

its presence etched as a sinuous patch of low-lying terrain

There is a handy key at the bottom of the map that will help you locate 26 important landmarks on the map - and gosh

a nod to the state’s economic backbone during the era

hinting at the elusive Northwest Passage

Old Map of the World by Homann, 1720: Double-hemisphere; Australia incomplete, early NZ coast; Tasman & Magellan tracks Size:24x30in (60x75cm) its presence etched as aPlaniglobii Terrestris Cum Utroq Hemisphaerio Caelesti Generalis Exhibitio, issued by Johann Baptist Homann in 1720, presents the world in a luxuriantly decorated double hemisphere, where geography, astronomy, and allegory converse on a single stage. Homann fuses the grand theater of the Baroque with the nascent empiricism of the Enlightenment: twin terrestrial spheres are accompanied by celestial counterparts and framed by emblematic personifications