Van Diemens Land, Evans 1821 - hand coloured stretched canvas - ready to hang Size:60x75 cm / 24x30″ Reproduced from the original chart

Reproduced from the original chart

from the point of landfall near the present-day Derwent River

He was continuing a search for the southern continent that had lasted centuries and would not be dampened until Cook’s second voyage in the far southern Pacific proved that no such great continent existed

based on Cook's map of the region

to the fanciful North East coast

Van Diemens Land, Evans 1821 - hand coloured stretched canvas - ready to hang Size:60x75 cm / 24x30″ Reproduced from the original chartComplete map of Van Diemens Land drawn by the Surveyor General, G. W. Evans. First discovered by the Dutch navigator, Tasman in 1642, this coast appeared on maps of the region for more than 150 years nominally connected to the mainland until Bass and Flinders mapped Bass Strait in 1798, showing it to be an island. Reproduced from the original chart, then hand coloured in the style of the period and digitally printed on high quality 300gsm coated