Guillaume_Brouscon._World_chart,_which_includes_America_and_a_large_Terra_Java_(Australia)._HM_46._PORTOLAN_ATLAS_and_NAUTICAL_ALMANAC._France,_1543.jpg


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English: World chart, which includes America and a large promontory of the "Terre Ostrale" ( Terra Australis ) inscribed in its northern part terre de lucac ( Locach ). HM 46. PORTOLAN ATLAS and NAUTICAL ALMANAC. France, 1543.

Call Number : HM 46
Folio : Binding

Description : World chart, which includes America and a large "Terra Java" (Australia?).
Date
Source berkeley.edu
Author
Guillaume Brouscon wikidata:Q3119724
Description French cartographer
Date of birth/death 16 th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
16 th century
date QS:P,+1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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Location of birth Le Conquet , France
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q3119724
Other versions W. A. R. Richardson. Was Australia charted before 1606? : the Java la Grande inscriptions . P. 37

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