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Was Australia charted before 1606? : the Java la Grande inscriptions / William A.R. Richardson.
Record no.:
6462
Author:
Richardson, W. A. R.;
National Library of Australia;
Publisher:
Canberra :: National Library of Australia,
Year:
2006.
Description:
xii, 132 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (some colour) ; 26 x 22 cm
Subject:
Discoveries in geography - Portuguese.;
Names, Geographical - Australia.;
Cartography - History.;
Java (Indonesia) - Discovery and exploration.;
Australia - Maps - Early works to 1800.;
Australia - Discovery and exploration.;
Australia - Discovery and exploration - Portuguese.;
Australia Maps Early works to 1900.;
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-126) and index.
National Library of Australia, 2006.
Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0642276420 (pbk) :;
Abstract:
1. The cartographical background -- 2. The case of the 'corresponding coastlines' -- 3. The study of place-names -- 4. The case of the disregarded evidence -- 5. Conclusion & appendices.

Dutchman Willem Janszoon's arrival on the shores of Cape
York in 1606 is widely regarded as the first reliably documented non-Aboriginal arrival on Australia's shores. This book examines the evidence that Portuguese, French, Chinese and others were earlier visitors.
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