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New Hydrographic Map of the Sea and New Southern Lands: Made by the Cosmographer and Mathematician Emanuel Godinho de Eredia.

SubjectMaps
Discovery and exploration
Indonesia
Coasts–Australia
Portuguese language
Category1. Settlement
AuthorGodinho de Eredia, Manuel, 1563-1623
Current HolderLibrary of Congress
Date1602
Item Number 2021668329
Access RightsDigitised
RightsThe Library of Congress is unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.
LanguagePortuguese
Description From Source Other Title Nova tavoa hydrographica do mar de novas teras do sul / feita polo cosmographo e math. Emanuel Godinho de Eredia Summary This hydrographic map is the work of Malaysian-Portuguese cartographer Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623). At the turn of the 17th century, the Portuguese were exploring southeast Asia from their base in Malacca, searching for the “Islands of Gold” that figured prominently in Malaysian legends. Around 1602, the Viceroy of Portuguese India commissioned an expedition around the islands south of Malaysia and India. Eredia served as a soldier and engineer on the mission and completed this map around the same time. His work, however, is suspected to be based more on the writings of Ptolemy and Marco Polo than on his own experience. Notes Original resource extent: 1 manuscript map ; 29.5 x 39.5 centimeters. Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
Physical Format Maps
Related Resources https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/images/4654/
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