Melville Island
island, Northern Territory, Australia
Also known as: Yermalner
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European exploration
- In Australia: The Portuguese
…including a reference indicating that Melville Island, off the northern coast, supplied slaves. Certainly the Portuguese debated the issue of a terra australis incognita (Latin: “unknown southern land”)—an issue in European thought in ancient times and revived from the 12th century onward. The so-called Dieppe maps present a landmass, “Java…
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