Title Beyond Capricorn

Author	Peter Trickett
Country	Australia
Language	English
Subject(s)	Australian History
Publisher	East Street Publications
Released	2007
ISBN	ISBN 9780975114599

The Dieppe map which is referred to in the book as being the eastern coast of Australia.

The map with a section rotated at ninety degrees, and some of the claimed locations on the east coast.

Beyond Capricorn, How Portuguese adventurers secretly discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook is a 2007 book by journalist Peter Trickett. The title refers to the sixteenth century maps which show land in a continent south of the Tropic of Capricorn, that is in the area of Australia. Trickett claims that the Portuguese were the first Europeans to discover Australia, between 1519–24, well before the first recognized landfall of Europeans in Australia in 1606 by Willem Janszoon. He claims that Cristóvão de Mendonça sailed down the east coast of Australia, passing through Botany Bay, around Wilsons Promontory to Kangaroo Island, before returning to Portuguese controlled Malacca via the North Island of New Zealand. He also claims the Portuguese, possibly Mendonça, charted the western Australian coast, as far south as the south west tip of Australia. While there has long been a Theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia, Peter Trickett has been the first to claim that the Dieppe map was composed of several portolan charts that were incorrectly put together by the French in Dieppe when they copied the original Portuguese charts. When this error is fixed after part of the map has been rotated at 90 degrees, the maps would show what he claims is a reasonably accurate depiction of Australia's eastern and western coasts. He also says that the French cartographers mistakenly joined the continent of 'Terra Java' or 'Java la Grande' to the island of Java, believing they were the same. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Image File history File links Australia_first_map. ... Image File history File links Australia_first_map. ... World map showing the Tropic of Capricorn For the novel by Henry Miller, see Tropic of Capricorn (novel). ... Willem Janszoon (c. ... Cristóvão de Mendonça was a Portuguese explorer and statesman living around 1500. ... For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... Tidal River as viewed from the summit of Mount Oberon Looking south from Mount Oberon on Wilsons Promontory towards the southern tip of Australia Landsat 7 imagery of Wilsons Promontory. ... Map of Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is Australias third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island. ... State motto: Bersatu Teguh State anthem: Melaka Maju Jaya Capital Malacca Ruling party Barisan Nasional  - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Mohd Khalil Yaakob  - Ketua Menteri Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam History    - Malacca Sultanate 13th century   - Portuguese control 24 August 1511   - Dutch control 1641   - British control 17 March 1824   - Japanese Occupation 1942-1946... North Island The North Island is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, the other being the South Island. ... Possibly the first map of Australia: from Nicholas Vallards atlas, 1547. ... A portolan is an early modern European navigation chart, dating from the fourteenth century or later, in manuscript, usually with rhumb lines, shorelines and place names. ... Dieppe is a town and commune in the Seine-Maritime département of Haute-Normandie (eastern Normandy), France. ... Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ...

According to the book, the first European to arrive in Australia was Diogo Pacheco, a relative of Duarte Pacheco, at Napier Broome Bay in the Kimberleys in north-western Australia in 1519. He is said to have been killed there in a battle with Aborigines while searching for gold. Most of the book, however, focuses on the claimed voyage of Mendonça along the eastern coast of Australia then to New Zealand shortly afterwards, and an unknown Portuguese explorer of the west coast. Trickett goes through almost every written location on the map, giving the English translation from the Portuguese, and explaining where he believes the place is located. He also mentions the Mahogany Ship, the ruin at Bittangabee Bay on the south coast of New South Wales, Carronade Island cannons, various Aboriginal legends and linguistic similarities, and a sinker found on the Queensland coast as further evidence of the Portuguese discovery of Australia. The book suggests that there were three ships initially, one of them could have been wrecked near Warrnambool giving rise to the Mahogany Ship folklore, another wrecked near Eden at the Bittangabee ruins, while only the flagship made it back to Malacca. Duarte Pacheco Pereira, (15th century) mysterious Portuguese captain and explorer of the Atlantic, his travels in the central Atlantic west of Cape Verde probably are more important than traditional history states. ... The Kimberley is one of the nine regions of Western Australia, consisting of the local government areas of Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek and Wyndham-East Kimberley. ... ... The Mahogany Ship refers to a supposed wrecked Portuguese caravel or Chinese junk that is purported to lie beneath the sand approximately six miles west of Warrnambool in southwest Victoria, Australia. ... Carronade Island lies of the northern coast of Western Australia (). See also Theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia Categories: | ... In baseball, a sinker is a type of pitch in which the ball is spun so that it drops suddenly as it reaches the plate. ... War memorial Warrnambool is a regional city of around 32,000 people on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia, located in the municipality City of Warrnambool. ... Eden (postcode 2551. ...

Table of locations

The tables below show the locations as written on the map, their English translation as described in the book, and the claimed modern location. Listed from north to south, starting with north-east Queensland. Some of the names written on the map are in Portuguese, others are in French, others are similar to words and the author has presumed there were minor spelling mistakes or transcription errors.

Queensland

The Great Barrier Reef is the worlds largest coral reef system,[1][2] composed of roughly 3,000 individual reefs and 900 islands that stretch for 2,600 kilometres (1,616 mi) and cover an area of approximately 344,400 km².[3][4] The reef is located in the... Endeavour River locator map The Endeavour River 15°28′S 145°17′E on Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia, was named in 1770 by Lt. ... The Daintree River runs through the Daintree Rainforest in Australia. ... False-colour image of Hinchinbrook Island The climate of Cardwell (note the precipitation scale: maximum 2000mm/a). ... Palm Island can refer to: Palm Island, Queensland in Australia Palm Island, Grenadines Palm Islands, artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... The largest island in the Whitsunday group of islands located off the coast of Queensland, Australia. ... Shoalwater Bay is less than 100km away from Yeppoon and is a part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. ... There are two rivers named the Fitzroy River, both in Australia: Fitzroy River, Queensland Fitzroy River, Western Australia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter, was born at Bethsaida on the Lake of Galilee. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... ... Noosa is located on the Sunshine Coast in the Australian state of Queensland. ... View of the Glass House Mountains from Bribie Island, Queensland Looking NW toward Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia Bribie Island is a sand island in the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland. ... Moreton Island is the island in the top-right of this satellite image Moreton Island from above the waters of Moreton Bay Moreton Island is a large sand island on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. ... The Brisbane River is situated in southeast Queensland, Australia, and flows through the state capital Brisbane, before emptying into Moreton Bay. ...

New South Wales

Baia Neve, which is claimed in the book to be Botany Bay

A large bay on the map named "Baia Neve" is claimed to be Botany Bay; however there are islands shown around it which do not appear in this area today. These are explained in the book thus: the red islands in the bay itself are supposed to be Bare Island and mudflats which appear as an island; the five red islands outside the harbour are the Five Islands Group near Wollongong; the gold island is the North Head with the thin strip of land near Manly Beach making it appear to be an island; the blue island which is 'Y' shaped is what James Cook named Cape Three Points (now Boudi) For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... Bare Island is a small island in south-eastern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... Sydney Heads,also known as The Heads, is the entrance to Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... Manly Beach Manly Beach is the southernmost beach situated on Sydneys Northern Beaches, Australia. ... James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. ...

At least three rivers called the Clarence River: Australia The Clarence River flows through Grafton, New South Wales, Australia. ... Port Macquarie is a city on the mid-North Coast, New South Wales, Australia, located about 450 km north of Sydney, and 510km south of Brisbane. ... The Manning River is a river in the Mid North Coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Harbour Entrance Port Stephens is a large coastal inlet, located about 190 kilometers north of Sydney. ... For other Botany Bays see Botany Bay (disambiguation) Bicentennial Monument at Botany Bay Botany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. ... An early morning view of the Illawarra escarpment west of Albion Park (20 km south of Wollongong) The Illawarra escarpment is the mountain range west of a narrow coastal plain south of Sydney, Australia, enclosing the region known as the Illawarra which stretches from Stanwell Park in the north to... Wollongong is an industrial city located on the eastern coast of Australia in the state of New South Wales. ... The Warri Bridge on the Kings Highway which crosses the river near Braidwood The Shoalhaven River is a river on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Point Perpendicular is a point and lighthouse at the northern entry to Jervis Bay, in the Jervis Bay Territory. ... Jervis Bay looking through the heads, with 10 Royal Australian Navy ships at anchor, Sunday 6 February 2006. ... The Clyde River is a river on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Batemans Bay is a town on the South Coast of the State of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Moruya River is a river on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... // Introduction Merimbula is a small coastal town on the Far South Coast of New South Wales, Australia. ... Green Cape is a headland or cape on the far south coast of New South Wales. ...

Victoria

There are two beaches named Ninety Mile Beach Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria in Australia Ninety Mile Beach, New Zealand This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Tidal River as viewed from the summit of Mount Oberon Looking south from Mount Oberon on Wilsons Promontory towards the southern tip of Australia Landsat 7 imagery of Wilsons Promontory. ... Western Port looking west from French Island to the Mornington Peninsula Western Port (also known as Western Port Bay) is an inlet on the southern coast of Australia from Bass Strait and the Pacific Ocean, adjacent and to the east of Port Phillip on which is sited Melbourne, the capital... Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: On GoogleMaps: SEE - On GoogleEarth: SEE. Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government  - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area  - City 1,260 km²  (486. ... Port Campbell is a small town on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia. ... Warrnambool is a regional city of 29,500 people on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia, located in the municipality City of Warrnambool. ... Port Fairy is a town in Victoria, Australia. ...

South Australia

Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. ... Map of Kangaroo Island Kangaroo Island is Australias third largest island - after Tasmania and Melville Island. ... The Great Australian Bight is a large bight, or open bay, encompassing an area of the Southern Ocean located off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. ...

Northern Territory

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Western Australia

Barrow Island is the name of at least three different islands: Barrow Island (Western Australia) Barrow Island (England) Barrow Island (Queensland) Category: ... Locations named Broome: Broome, Western Australia - a town in Western Australia Broome County, New York - a county in the USA Broome, New York - a town in Schoharie County, New York Adam A.K.A Trap Door In England: Broome, Norfolk Broome, Shropshire Broome, Worcestershire People named Broome: Sir Frederick Broome... World map showing the Tropic of Capricorn For the novel by Henry Miller, see Tropic of Capricorn (novel). ... North West Cape is a large peninsula of land in the north west coast of Western Australia. ... Carnarvon is the Anglicised name for Caernarfon, a small town in north-west Wales, providing the title of the Earls of Carnarvon, of whom George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon is forever associated with Tutankhamuns tomb. ... At 760km, the Gascoyne River is the longest river in Western Australia. ... DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Italic text ... Mount Magnet is an old Western Australian gold-rush town . ... Swan River may refer to: Swan River, Manitoba (Canada) Swan River (electoral district) (Canada) Swan River, Western Australia Swan River (Colorado) Swan River (Michigan) Swan River (northern Minnesota) or Swan River (central Minnesota), two tributaries of the Mississippi River Swan River (Montana) This is a disambiguation page: a list of... Río de la Plata in relation to Uruguay and Argentina A satellite view of the estuary The Río de la Plata (Spanish: Silver River) — which is often referred to in English-speaking countries as the River Plate (as in the Battle of the River Plate), or sometimes as...

Outside Australia

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Reference

• CNN News - Author: Map proves Portuguese discovered Australia
• News.com.au Map 'shows Cook wasn't first
• Reuters, Map proves Portuguese discovered Australia: new book