reuters.com — A 16th century maritime map in a Los Angeles library vault proves that Portuguese adventurers, not British or Dutch, were the first Europeans to discover Australia, says a new book which details the secret discovery of Australia.
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3xpt0Mar 22, 2007
Yeah ... learn some history.You will find some trues about your country in that time ... commercial and notcheers
wikieasyMar 22, 2007
I'm gonna keep repeating myself till people either wise up or I tire out.Stop calling them RIAA. Call them Sony, BMG, and whoever their contributing/funding members are. We've got to let them know that they can't hide behind a throw-away name like RIAA.
v0yeurMar 22, 2007
@ takamalaksaying everyone on Digg are "putos e putas" is bad, posting on Digg with that comment is simply moronic, lol
Closed AccountMar 22, 2007
Bloody hell. Try and take it back. We'll sick Crocodile Dundee on them.
dbassMar 22, 2007
How do you "discover" a country if when you got there, people were already there? Tagged as Euro centric bulls**t.
lowededwookieMar 22, 2007
So what? It was the British that landed and stole the land. Who found it first is immaterial.I live in New Zealand and everyone knows Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand first but it was James Cook that landed first. By "found first" I mean discovered by "learned" society, i.e. Europeans.Of course there's now huge debate over that even due to ruins found that predate the Moriori and Maori and are in fact reminiscient of Gaelic cultures which is quite a spanner in the works. Apparently these people were there 1000 years before the Moriori
ray901Mar 22, 2007
Yeah, what happened to you Portugal - you used to be cool...
fkr3Mar 23, 2007
If the lands are already there, and peopled, how can you coming across them be a discovery?
Closed AccountMar 23, 2007
Doug.Ok, so which one of us is it that doesnt understand sarcasm? Oh no really, i honestly thought that no-one knew that there was no internet in the early 1600's...
shoreMar 23, 2007
They spoke Brazilian Portuguese (aka pt-br), but you referred to them as "Portuguese", which is incorrect. Being them Brazilian, your comment has nothing to do with the article. Don't you agree?
greengoblin92Mar 7, 2009
Wow. That's interesting. It's now been 2 years since that article came out, and no one is really talking about it (the news, historians, etc). Maybe it's the truth, and the map should be studied.