Weltkarte in Mercator's projection [cartographic material] /

World map featuring ocean currents distinguishing between the different types such as warm and cold. The map is marked with the latest exploration at the poles - Parry, Juli 1827 at the Arctic and Ross in the Antarctic on Febry. 1842. Australien [i.e. Australia] is shown with the Overland Telegraph Line, completed in 1872, running from Adelaide up to Pt. Darwin in the Northern Territory and branching across to Bowen in Queensland where it runs down the east coast to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne then across to Adelaide and extending west along the coast to Perth.; "Gez. n. Stieler's Hand-Atl., no. 7".; At top right of sheet: Stieler's Schul-Atlas, no. 4.; Plate no. 7 from: Hand Atlas uber alle Theile der Erde und uber das Weltgebaude. [Neue auf.]. Gotha : J. Perthes, [1876?]; Also available in an electronic version via the internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3917