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Map Java and Australia. Iava Maior e Nuca Antara [Java e Australia]

About this Item

Title

  • Java and Australia.

Other Title

  • Iava Maior e Nuca Antara [Java e Australia]

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.

Names

  • Eredia, Manuel Godinho de, 1563-1623 Creator.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1630.

Headings

  • -  Portugal
  • -  Australia
  • -  Indonesia--Java
  • -  1575 to 1623
  • -  Exploration and encounters
  • -  Manuscript maps

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 manuscript map ; 37 x 49 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Portuguese.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668359

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Chicago citation style:

Eredia, Manuel Godinho De, Creator. Java and Australia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1630] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668359/.

APA citation style:

Eredia, M. G. D. (1630) Java and Australia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668359/.

MLA citation style:

Eredia, Manuel Godinho De, Creator. Java and Australia. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1630] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668359/>.