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Bouvet is located at:

Camera location	54° 25′ 31.16″ S, 3° 22′ 22.09″ E	View this and other nearby images on: Google Maps - Google Earth - OpenStreetMap	(Info)

-54.425322222222;3.3728027777778

Bibliographic references: Type : document cartographique,document cartographique manuscrit,image fixe; Langue : Français ; Format : 1 carte : tracés en coul. ; 41 x 48 cm; Droits : domaine public; Identifiant : ark:/12148/btv1b5970597m ; Source : Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Cartes et plans, GE SH 18 PF 1 DIV 0 P 21/2; Appartient à : Service hydrographique de la Marine; [Portefeuilles 1 et 1 bis du Service hydrographique de la marine (fonds ancien) consacrés aux mappemondes, cartes magnétiques, cartes polaires et planisphères] ; 21/2; Relation : https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40592237k ; Provenance : bnf.fr

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Photo's description:

Map of the expedition of Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier, during which he discovered Bouvet Island in 1739. This map seems to be an improved second edition (published in 1754?) afer a first such map was published in 1739 immediatey after Bouvet's return to France. This 1739 map is also in Wikimedia Commons as: File:Antarctica, Bouvet Island, discovery map 1739.jpg . The French title of this new map reads: "Map of the southern lands between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Pole, where one sees the New discoveries made in 1739 south of Cape of Good Hope by orders of the (French) East-India Company. Based on the journals and the original map of Mr de Lozier Bouvet, leader of this expedition. Extended with various Physical observations etc., 1754". Nederlands: Kaart van het traject van de expeditie van Jean-Baptiste Bouvet de Lozier, waarbij deze in 1739 Bouvet ontdekte. Deze kaart (uit 1754?) lijkt een verbeterde uitgave te zijn van die welke in 1739 direct na terugkeer van de expeditie werd gemaakt en die ook op Wikimedia Commons beschikbaar is als: File:Antarctica, Bouvet Island, discovery map 1739.jpg. De Franse titel van deze nieuwe kaart luidt: "Kaart van de zuidelijke landen tussen de Steenbokskeerkring en de Zuidpool, waar men de Nieuwe ontdekkingen ziet, gedaan in 1739 ten zuiden van Kaap de Goede Hoop in opdracht van de (Franse) Oost-Indische Compagnie. Gebaseerd op het logboek en de originele kaart van de heer de Lozier Bouvet, leider van deze expeditie. Uitgebreid met diverse Fysieke waarnemingen etc. 1754." Français : "Carte des Terres Australes comprises entre le Tropique du Capricorne et le Pôle Antarctique où se voyent les Nouvelles découvertes faites en 1739 au Sud du Cap de Bonne Espérance par les Ordres de Mrs de la Compagnie des Indes. Dressée sur les Mémoires et sur la Carte originale de Mr de Lozier Bouvet chargé de cette Expédition. Augmentée de diverses vues Physiques &c, 1754." (Cette carte paraît être une seconde edition de cel