Old maps
Old maps of Australia
The first ship and team mapped the Australian shoreline were the Duyfken captained by Dutch explorer Willem Janszoon. He sighted the Cape York Peninsula shore in early 1606. William Dampier, an English explorer, landed on the north-west shoreline of New Holland in 1688. In 1770, James Cook cruised along and mapped the east coast, which he called New South Wales, and claimed Great Britain.
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Historical Maps of Russia
Slavic tribes began resettling into the territory currently occupied by Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus from the west in the fifth century of the Common Era. The first Russian state was established in the 9th century with centers in Kyiv and Novgorod.
Read MorePeople of Many Nations: Japanese map published in the 19th century
Japanese map published early in the 19th century depicting an enormous archipelago representing Japan at the center of the world.
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Read MoreJapanese Pictorial World Map, 1932
Japanese pictoral map, showing what were the national stereotypes at the time
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