1827 Carte Generale de L’Oceanie ou Cinquieme Partie du Monde.

By: Adrien-Hubert Brué Date: 1827  (Published) Paris Dimensions: 14.75 x 20.5 inches (37.47 x 52.07 cm) This attractive Brué map depicts Oceania, which in the age of discovery was also known as the ‘Fifth Part of theWorld’. Brué notes on the map that due to discoveries made recently by various explorers, this 1827 map is to replace his of 1820 of the same area. The map covers what is still referred to as Oceania, including Australia and the islands of the Asian Archipelago. Oceania is the collective name for the islands scattered throughout most of the Pacific Ocean. The term, in its widest sense, embraces the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas. At the time it was published, it was considered one of the most accurate maps of the region. Brué notes on the map that discoveries made by commercial ships from various European nations had provided the astronomical positions of a large number of points, along with the means to rectify many of previous maps which had been mist