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Portuguese Got to Australia in 1522

(Posted by mordaxus)
Potuguese Map

Portuguese seafarer Christopher de Mendonca led a fleet of four ships into Botany Bay in 1522. No one noticed before because the map was oriented wrong when it was copied. This is a nice article from news.com.au.

Posted by mordaxus on March 28, 2007 at 2:59 PM in Orientations , Science . You can: comment, view comments (1), search Technorati.

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That's cool! Want to tie in the emergent chaos angle of Henry the Navigator using prizes and economics to motivate explorers, and the risks to their personal security? It's chaos in opposition to someone telling an explorer "you go here," or "you're now the department of exploration and map-making."

There's some bits in the archives about secrecy of maps, too.

Adam

Posted by: Adam | March 28, 2007 4:05 PM