When did the name ‘Australia’ first appear on a map? It may be much earlier than historians had previously believed. Phillip Clarke Matthew Flinders, who died just over 200 years ago, is widely ...

A crumbling 17th century map of Australia—sketched more than 100 years before James Cook made his famed voyage to the continent—has been restored after a painstaking conservation project. And as Karen ...

The map – believed to have remained in a private Italian home since the 19th century – is the first to show Tasmania, and is expected to fetch over $400,000. INTERNATIONAL AUCTION HOUSE Sotheby’s has ...

A priceless, 353-year-old map of New Holland – on which all subsequent mapping of Australia is based – has arrived in Melbourne for restoration. A 1663 MAP of New Holland – the first-ever published ...

I want a handheld, rugged GPS unit for trekking. I'm looking hard at either a Magellan or a Garmin unit that you can upload maps into. Mostly this will be used in the UK and Europe, but I'm planning ...