Carte declinaisons et inclinaisons de l'aiguille aimantee redigee d'apres la table des obfervations magnetiques faites par les voyageurs depuis l'annee 1775 [cartographic material].

[Dutch ed.]. Map of Australasia showing magnetic variations. Imaginary line joins coastline of Australia and New Guinea.; In bottom right-hand corner: "Explication l'E. avant le chiffre indique la declinaison Est. l'O. la declinaisons Ouest. les inclinaisons n'ont point de lettre."; Probably from: Buffon, Georgre Louis Le Clerc, Comte de. Histoire naturelle des minéraux. Tome V. paris, 1788.; Library holds only 1 sheet, No. 6, of what is believed to be a 2 sheet map.; Shirley, R. Maps in the atlases of the British Library, G.BUFF-1a; Jolly, David C. Antique maps, sea charts, city views, celestial charts & battle plans : price record & handbook for 1986, Anonymous, p. 73.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm3104; This item is possibly from Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. De algemeene en byzondere natuurlyke historie, met de beschryving van des Konigs kabinet. Door de heeren De Buffon en Daubenton, 1.-17. deel. Te Amsterdam, J.H. Schneider, 1773-1775 (NUC Pre-1956 Imprints, p. 305). Unable to locate map in Histoire naturelle, generale et particuliere. Supplement, Tome quatrieme microform (ANL mc 756 CIHM no. 48872), the source mentioned in Mr Simon Dewez's catalogue, The Printed World, p. 15, Item 111 Buffon. More likely to be from: Histoire naturelle des minéraux