Geography Geek | Did the Portuguese discover Australia? (Terra Australis Pt. 2) @GeographyGeek | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
In the 17th century, Australia began to take form on maps.

This began with its discovery in 1606 by Willem Janszoon and its further exploration by the Dutch throughout the century.

But the idea of Terra Australis, which we established in part 1 of this series is not Australia, was still hanging on. What would eventually be named Australia was named New Holland and was seen as a separate continent from Terra Australis, though they could possibly connect....

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"The Secret Discovery of Australia" - Kenneth McIntyre
"The Phantom Atlas" - Edward Brooke-Hitching
"The Discovery of Australia by The Portuguese in 1601" - Richard Henry Major
"The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea" - George Collingridge
“Antipodes: In Search of the Southern Continent” - Avan Judd Stallard

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Atlas Obscura - tinyurl.com/5c3ab97e

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