The First Map of Australia 1547
The First Map of Australia - The Vallard Map 1547 - fabricated to impress the British Museum - it failed but survives in the Australian Creation Myth. It is a sumptuous fake - an inverted view of most of The Dauphin Map - the remainder may have preserved actual early 16th century Portuguese mapping.
The Vallard MAP 1547
"First map of Australia from Nicholas Vallard's atlas, 1547, in the Library of Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart. at Middle Hill, 1856" - National Library of Australia Call Number MAP RM 2393 http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm2393 - North is at bottom.
The Vallard Map 1547 - North at bottom - East Coast of Australia -https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/431422
The Vallard Inverted & Flipped - North at top
Vallard Map 1547
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Dauphin Map c1530
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The Vallard is a precise rendition of the Dauphin - real and imaginary features are transposed with great precision. A scale has been added along with the angular compass rose and the Fleur de Lis indicating North with the pimple at the East cardinal identical to those of the 1670 Secret VOC Atlas.
Vallard Map detail
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Dauphin Map detail
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Dauphin Map - Sunda Strait in West to Aru Islands in the East - area of actual mapping of Portuguese 'Empire' early 1500s.
Detail of Dauphin Map - actual mapping of Portuguese 'Empire' from Sunda Strait to the Spice Islands
Detail of Dauphin Map - overlain upon Google Earth the white is the original mapping and the red the imaginary areas.
Detail of Dauphin Map - actual mapping of Portuguese 'Empire' prior to mapping of Papua overlain upon Google Earth.
The Tiwi Islands are not at the Sunda Strait east of Sumatra - they are 2,750kms to the east.
Dauphin Map - It's a fake - those islands don't exist - just a bit of fun.