The earliest known map of Australia and New Zealand, Joan Blaeu's Archipelagi Orientalis Sive Asiaticus (1659) sold for £248,750 (US$321,819) at a Sotheby's auction in London this week. Referred to as Australia's birth certificate by the National Library of Australia, the map was the first to name Australia as Nova Hollandia (New Holland) and the first to name Novo Zeelandia (New Zealand).
.. Continue Reading Australia's "birth certificate" sells for $320,000Category: Collectibles
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