by Rainer Daehnhardt, George Collingridge, Richard Henry Major · Zéfiro - Edições e Actividades Culturais · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789896770082
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«Segredos da descoberta da Austrália pelos Portugueses» is the historical essay by Rainer Daehnhardt, George Collingridge and Richard H. Major, in paperback.
The book argues that the Portuguese reached Australia, and probably New Zealand, more than two centuries before James Cook claimed it for England in 1770. The authors use two maps from 1547 found in Los Angeles, the cartography and toponymy of the period, and a 1598 map they consider a copy of Portuguese portolan charts.
It was published by Zéfiro in 2009; it consists of 112 pages in Portuguese. It includes the colour reproduction of an unpublished 16th-century map of Australia.
A work for those who enjoy the history of discoveries, ancient cartography and theories that question the official version of the exploration of Australia.
