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Charts Found In Bookshop Cast Doubt On Britain's Claim To Discovering Australia 2007-03-22 01:25:48 (180 weeks ago) Posted By: Intellpuke (Read 1367 times || 0 comments) When James Cook thought he had discovered Australia and claimed it for the crown in the 18th century, he was late to the party. Another English explorer had been decades ahead in sighting the great southern land, while Dutch explorers had been charting the continent even earlier. New evidence has emerged to suggest that neither the English nor Dutch were the first Europeans to reach the continent during the great era of epic sea adventure and global circumnavigation. A set of maps unearthed in Australia appear to show that Captain Cook was predated by a little known Portuguese explorer, Cristovao Mendonca, who charted parts of the coastline 250 years earlier. Drawn in the early 16th century, the charts bear a close resemblance to Australia's coastline, and this coastline is marked with locations given names in Portuguese. An Australian journalist, Peter Trickett, claims he stumbled on the hand-crafted documents while browsing in a Canberra bookshop eight years ago, and says they are an accurate depiction of headlands and bays along the east coast, thus proving that Mendonca navigated the area in the 1520s. (story continues below) Your Ad Here Make a donation today to remove the advertisments! This Story Has Been Archived. To read the full story in the archives, please make a donation. Log In Now Admin Functions Edit Story Email To A Friend Email this story to a friend: Your Name: Their Email:   Related Stories (βeta) 'We've Got No Choice', Drought Causes Australian State To Recycle Sewage For Drinking Water 2007-01-29 03:39:03 (Score: 28) Australian Dinosaur Defies Gondwana Theory 2008-06-10 22:57:40 (Score: 26) Hail Storm Blankets Canberra, Australia 2007-02-28 16:25:34 (Score: 25) U.S. To Test New Weapons Down Under 2004-11-05 19:05:43 (Score: 24) Israel Expects Australia To Expel Diplomat Over Forged Passports Used In Murder 2010-03-24 17:14:44 (Score: 24) Australian Cities Face Water Shortages 2004-11-09 14:51:02 (Score: 24) Sydney, Australia, Installs Terror Loudspeakers 2007-08-01 02:23:39 (Score: 24) 3 New Oil And Gas Regions Found Off Australia 2010-04-03 17:25:20 (Score: 23) Australian Government Gives $10 Million To Landmine Removal 2010-04-03 17:24:58 (Score: 23) Father Of Three Snatched By Shark Off Australia Coast 2008-12-28 17:47:10 (Score: 23) Cyclone Ingrid Destroys Aussie Resort 2005-03-16 01:37:01 (Score: 22) 16th-Century Mapmaker's Amazing Knowledge 2008-11-17 21:44:40 (Score: 22) Australian Economy Surges 1.2 Percent In Second Quarter 2010-09-01 18:26:46 (Score: 22) Australia Suffers Worst Dought In A Thousand Years 2006-11-07 19:38:43 (Score: 22) New Reefs Found In Australia 2005-04-22 23:05:19 (Score: 22)   Readers Comments Add your own comment. (Anonymous commenting now enabled.)

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