Java and Australia – Iava Maior e Nuca Antara [Java e Australia]

Title	Java and Australia – Iava Maior e Nuca Antara [Java e Australia]
Subject	Early maps Malaysia Coasts--Australia Indonesia Discovery and exploration
Category	1. Settlement
Author	Eredia, Manuel Godinho de, 1563-1623
Current holder	Library of Congress
Date	1630
Link	https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668359/
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
Language	Portuguese
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
Related resources	https://omaa-arts.sydney.edu.au/images/4656/