Java and Australia – Iava Maior e Nuca Antara [Java e Australia]
| Date |
1630 |
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| Author |
Eredia, Manuel Godinho de, 1563-1623 |
| Current holder | |
| Item number |
2021668359 |
| Access rights |
Digitised |
| Rights |
The Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection |
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| Description from source |
Summary This manuscript map of Java and the tip of northern Australia is a copy of an earlier work by the Malaysian-Portuguese cartographer Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623). In the 16th century, Portugal sent several expeditions to explore the islands south of Malaysia; it is possible that they gained some knowledge about the geography of Australia from these missions. Some scholars have speculated that the Malays had a knowledge of Australia, which Eredia somehow absorbed. The first documented European sighting of Australia was by the Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon, in 1606. Original resource extent: 1 manuscript map ; 37 x 49 centimeters. Original resource at: National Library of Brazil. |
| Physical format |
Maps |
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