A Cartographical Nightmare - Manuel de Godinho de Eredia's Search for India Meridional
A Cartographical Nightmare - Manuel de Godinho de Eredia's Search for India Meridional
Date
1995
Authors
Richardson, W A R
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Publisher
Center for Portuguese Studies, University of California Santa Barbara
Abstract
The author examines the writings and maps of Manuel Godinho de Eredia from the early 1600s, and concludes that Eredia's "increasingly contradictory and far-fetched written and cartographical portrayals of India Meridional" should not be used to prove an earlier discovery of Australia.
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Keywords
Cartography,
Maritime navigation,
Portuguese explorers,
Early exploration,
Bill Richardson
Citation
Richardson, W.A.R. 1995. A Cartographical Nightmare - Manuel de Godinho de Eredia's Search for India Meridional. In: Proceedings of the International Colloquium on The Portuguese and the Pacific, ed. Francis A. Dutra & Joao Camilo dos Santos, 314-348.