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La exploración ibérica de Australia a través de sus mapas y documentos (siglos XVI-XVIII)

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Font Gavira, Carlos A.

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Roma Tre Press / Enredars - UPO
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El presente artículo se centra en las repercusiones del Tratado de Tordesillas (1494) así como el de Zaragoza (1529) en los mares e islas de Oriente. En efecto la línea imaginaria establecida por el Papa Alejandro VI dividía por el centro la isla-continente de Australia. Como efecto de esta división toda la costa oriental australiana (actuales Nueva Gales del Sur, Victoria y Australia meridional), incluida la isla de Tasmania, estaban bajo el dominio teórico español. En el presente texto se ofrece una nueva interpretación del primer descubrimiento europeo de Australia, fundamentada en las exploraciones portuguesas y españolas, en base a documentos y mapas singulares poco conocidos.
This article focuses on the repercussions of the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) as well as that of Zaragoza (1529) in the seas and islands of the East. Indeed, the imaginary line established by Pope Alexander VI divided the island-continent of Australia down the centre. As an effect of this division, the entire eastern Australian coast (present-day New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia), including the island of Tasmania, were under theoretical Spanish rule. In the present text a new interpretation of the first European discovery of Australia is offered, based on the Portuguese and Spanish explorations, based on little-known singular documents and maps.

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