From Nicholas Vallard's 1547 atlas, this may be the first map of Australia. Produced in Dieppe, France, it is thought to show possible Portuguese charting of the east coast
From Nicholas Vallard’s 1547 atlas, this may be the first map of Australia. Produced in Dieppe, France, it is thought to show possible Portuguese charting of the east coast
‘I remember back in high school having an old history teach go on a rant about Australian history books and how botched they are. The stories of the Chinese explorers trading rice and fabrics blew my mind’–pvtjace