Fanciful Maps of Terra Australis

A supposed description of Terra Australis, HALL, Joseph…
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A supposed description of Terra Australis, HALL, Joseph [1574-1656] Pseudonym: Mercurio Britannico: 'Mundus alter et idem sive Terra Australis ante hac semper incognita longis itineribus peregrini academici nuperrime lustrata' [Gulielmus Antonius, Hanau, 1607]; duodecimo, with five folding maps in contemporary stamped vellum., A supposed description of Terra Australis, with a highly fanciful cartography of the continent in five eccentric maps; this is'one of the earliest, if not the earliest of the fictitious voyages set in Australia....an extremely rare work and seldom offered for sale' (Davidson).

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