Talk:Dieppe maps

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Is it really necessary to keep pointing out "before Cook" since most of Australia's western coasts were charted long before Cook. Here's a map of Australia 100 years before Cooks voyage.. Astrokey44 12:05, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm, yes; most people are ignorant and truly believe Cook discovered the great southern continent. √αʑʑρεɾ 11:27, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

An interesting article that proposes that when an error in the transcription of the maps is corrected they show a large chunk of Australia's coastline. John Dalton 01:53, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

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This article definitely needs a lot of work, primarily because it is not about the famous Dieppe School of Luso-French map-making of the sixteenth century. Instead, this article is about one map from the Vallard Atlas (which has many maps), and the Vallard Atlas is one of many maps and atlases made by the Dieppe School. Whoever wrote this article should retitled it. Or write an article about the Dieppe Maps.

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I really feel this page needs some revision. It should contain reference to the work of W.A.R (Bill) Richardson, Associate Professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Flinders University, and author of a 2006 book on the inscriptions on the Dieppe maps. He has been writing about them for the last 25 years. Nick Murphy

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I'm about to revise this page. It really needs to address the Dieppe Maps as a significant C16th school of map-making in the first instance. There also need to be corrections and additions regarding the Australian interest in Jave La Grande. I will try to include as much of the last entry as I can.--Nickm57 10:37, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

This April 2007 revision. What has been done here is to make sure the Dieppe school of maps themselves have been presented. Their significance is not just in terms of speculation that they may in part show the coast of Australia pre-contact with the Dutch. Have also listed the known Dieppe maps - although accounts differ slightly as to dates and maps included. The section on theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia was important to keep, as the "Java La Grande" feature of the Dieppe Maps is central to this debate, but previous entry needed expanding.--Nickm57 22:41, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Updates July 2007

Addition of Helen Wallis on voyage of Jean Partmentier and correction to dates of Harleian Map, according to Wallis, Herve and Pearson. --Nickm57 10:51, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] James McClymont

This summary addition is very interesting and useful - I notice McClymont's writings are only to be obtained through rare book dealers. Thanks Kattigara!--Nickm57 (talk) 06:43, 31 December 2007 (UTC)