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[[File:Vallard_Atlas_HM29_f.1_000417A_original.jpg|thumb|Vallard Atlas (1547)]]
'''Vallard Atlas''' is an atlas produced in [[Dieppe]], Northern France, in 1547. The atlas was ascribed to Nicolas Vallard, however, there was a degree of uncertainty over his authorship. Nowadays, it is believed that the Vallard Atlas was developed from an earlier Portuguese prototype.
== History ==
Vallard Atlas is one of the most renowned atlases of the 16th century and it is an example of work from the so-called Dieppe School of Cartography. Several doubts were raised about the authorship of the atlas; thus it was generally assumed that Nicolas Vallards was only the first owner of the atlas.<ref>[1]"L'énigme de l'atlas dieppois", Gilles Lapouge, p. 104 à 111, GEOHISTOIRE n° 2, april-mai 2012.</ref> The credit for the work was given to an anonymus Portuguese catrographer.
The atlas showed for the first time the east coast of Australia. Interestingly, the markings on the map were made 200 years before the captain James Cook discovered the continent. Thus, the atlas could prove that the attribution of the discovery of the Australian East Coast to [[James Cook]] was a mistake.<ref>[2]K.G. McIntyre (1977), The Secret Discovery of Australia; Portuguese discoveries 200 years before Captain Cook. (Souvenir Press, Medindie, South Australia. ISBN 0-285-62303-6)</ref><ref>[3]Trickett, P. (2007), Beyond Capricorn: How Portuguese adventurers discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook. (East St. Publications. Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-9751145-9-9)</ref>
Since 1924, the original atlas can be found in the Huntington Library in San Marino (California) in the USA.
== Description ==
The atlas concists of 68 pages, which include a calendar and 15 nautical charts with illustrations, as well as detailed maritime information. It contains illustrations of the indigenous population of the New World and is therefore an important testimony to colonisation.
The original atlas was bound in red leather with gold ornaments in 1805.
An unusual feature of the work lies in the fact that the map reverses the [[Map orientation|common orientation]] of the world, with south at the top.<ref>[4]"Atlas Vallard, Study Book", Luís Filipe F.R. Thomaz, D. Reinhartz y C.M.García-Tejedor, 2010, M. Moleiro. ISBN 978-84-96400-47-4</ref>
== References ==
<references />
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/1eajbNY The Huntington Library].
* [http://bit.ly/2U9xeNZ Veröffentlichtes] Bild in der Tageszeitung El Mundo 15. Oktober 2015.
* [http://bit.ly/2Dvn6K5 Faksimileausgabe] 2008 veröffentlicht von dem Verlag [[M. Moleiro Editor|M.Moleiro]].
[[Category:Atlas]]
'''Vallard Atlas''' is an atlas produced in [[Dieppe]], Northern France, in 1547. The atlas was ascribed to Nicolas Vallard, however, there was a degree of uncertainty over his authorship. Nowadays, it is believed that the Vallard Atlas was developed from an earlier Portuguese prototype.
== History ==
Vallard Atlas is one of the most renowned atlases of the 16th century and it is an example of work from the so-called Dieppe School of Cartography. Several doubts were raised about the authorship of the atlas; thus it was generally assumed that Nicolas Vallards was only the first owner of the atlas.<ref>[1]"L'énigme de l'atlas dieppois", Gilles Lapouge, p. 104 à 111, GEOHISTOIRE n° 2, april-mai 2012.</ref> The credit for the work was given to an anonymus Portuguese catrographer.
The atlas showed for the first time the east coast of Australia. Interestingly, the markings on the map were made 200 years before the captain James Cook discovered the continent. Thus, the atlas could prove that the attribution of the discovery of the Australian East Coast to [[James Cook]] was a mistake.<ref>[2]K.G. McIntyre (1977), The Secret Discovery of Australia; Portuguese discoveries 200 years before Captain Cook. (Souvenir Press, Medindie, South Australia. ISBN 0-285-62303-6)</ref><ref>[3]Trickett, P. (2007), Beyond Capricorn: How Portuguese adventurers discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook. (East St. Publications. Adelaide. ISBN 978-0-9751145-9-9)</ref>
Since 1924, the original atlas can be found in the Huntington Library in San Marino (California) in the USA.
== Description ==
The atlas concists of 68 pages, which include a calendar and 15 nautical charts with illustrations, as well as detailed maritime information. It contains illustrations of the indigenous population of the New World and is therefore an important testimony to colonisation.
The original atlas was bound in red leather with gold ornaments in 1805.
An unusual feature of the work lies in the fact that the map reverses the [[Map orientation|common orientation]] of the world, with south at the top.<ref>[4]"Atlas Vallard, Study Book", Luís Filipe F.R. Thomaz, D. Reinhartz y C.M.García-Tejedor, 2010, M. Moleiro. ISBN 978-84-96400-47-4</ref>
== References ==
<references />
== External links ==
* [http://bit.ly/1eajbNY The Huntington Library].
* [http://bit.ly/2U9xeNZ Veröffentlichtes] Bild in der Tageszeitung El Mundo 15. Oktober 2015.
* [http://bit.ly/2Dvn6K5 Faksimileausgabe] 2008 veröffentlicht von dem Verlag [[M. Moleiro Editor|M.Moleiro]].
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