History & Culture
The cartographic king
After almost four decades of creating beautiful, exquisitely detailed maps for Australian Geographic, Will Pringle has put down his professional cartographic tools for the last time.
After almost four decades of creating beautiful, exquisitely detailed maps for Australian Geographic, Will Pringle has put down his professional cartographic tools for the last time.
The map – believed to have remained in a private Italian home since the 19th century – is the first to show Tasmania, and is expected to fetch over $400,000.
By searching through old journals, ANU experts have created a new much more accurate map of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt’s route.