Carte de l’Océanie ou cinquieme partie du monde

Original antique map of Oceania, designated as the fifth part of the world, drawn by Adrien-Hubert Brué and published by Jean Andriveau-Goujon in Paris in 1850. The map covers the entire Pacific Ocean, from the western coast of America to Asia, and from northern Japan to Antarctica. It depicts Australia, New Zealand, the islands of Melanesia (New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands), Micronesia (Caroline Islands, Marianas, Marshall Islands), Polynesia (Tahiti, Society Islands, Marquesas, Hawaii), as well as the Philippines, the Moluccas, New Guinea, and numerous Pacific archipelagos. Includes a detailed map of New South Wales in southeastern Australia. Adrien-Hubert Brué was a French cartographer active in the first half of the nineteenth century. Jean Andriveau-Goujon was his publisher and successor in Paris. The map is made using copper engraving.