desliens

Updated: May 20, 2025

In the preceding pages I have only described the most important of these manuscript charts. The following is the list in chronological order of all the specimens known to exist: The Dauphin Chart 1530-36 2. Jean Roze's 1542 4. P. Desceliers' 1550 6. G. Le Testu's 1555 7. Desliens' 1566

George Collingridge - The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea : Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.

The map-maker's name, Nicolas Desliens, date 1566, and Dieppe, the place where the map was made, are marked on a scroll right across the fictitious portion of Java-la-Grande.

George Collingridge - The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea : Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.