The world on Mercator’s projection

[Cover title : Mercator’s world. Philips’ series of travelling maps]. London : George Philip & Son, circa 1900. World map on Mercator’s projection, printed in colour, dissected and laid on linen, 52, x 63 cms, housed in gilt-lettered cloth case.

The map shows Alexandra Land in the Northern Territory, and the ‘Supposed Antarctic Continent’.