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Beyond Capricorn
''Beyond Capricorn: How Portuguese adventurers secretly discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook'' is a 2007 book by journalist Peter Trickett on the theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia. Although its thesis is similar to that advanced by Kenneth McIntyre in 1977, Lawrence Fitzgerald in 1984 and others, the publisher and some news reports presented it as being a new theory on the discovery of Australia. Historical scholars, including Flinders University Associate Professor Bill Richardson,Richardson, W.A.R. ''Yet Another Version of the Portuguese 'Discovery' of Australia'' nline "The Globe",Issue 59; 2007; pp. 59–60. Availability. ited 9 Jan 09/ref> generally reject the premise on which the book is based, pointing out that only circumstantial evidence has been presented which supports the theory.''Agora'', Vol 42, No. 2, 2007. Journal of the History Teacher's Association of Victoria. Book reviews, P.64. The book has been translat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theory Of Portuguese Discovery Of Australia
The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the who is generally considered to be the first European discoverer. While lacking generally accepted evidence, this theory is based on the following: * The Dieppe maps, a group of 16th-century French world maps, depict a large landmass between Indonesia and Antarctica. Labelled as Java la Grande, this landmass carries French, Portuguese, and Gallicized Portuguese placenames, and has been interpreted by some as corresponding to Australia's northwestern and eastern coasts. * The proximity of Portuguese colonies in Southeast Asia from , particularly Portuguese Timor which is approximately from the Australian coast. * Various antiquities found on Australian coastlines, claimed by some to be relics of early Portuguese voyages to Australia but which a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
