misory

Updated: May 25, 2025

They come under the name of OS PAPUAS, and the islands where Menezes is said to have sojourned hic hibernavit Georg de Menezes in the year 1526. The three nameless large islands, between Os Papuas and Nova Guinea represent, no doubt, the Misory Islands and Jobi of modern charts.

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.