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The theory of Portuguese discovery of Australia claims that early Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to sight Australia between 1521 and 1524, well before the arrival of Dutch navigator Willem Janszoon in 1606 on board the ''Duyfken'' who is generally considered to be the discoverer. This is based on the following elements:〔Tweeddale, A. "More on Maps" in ''The Skeptic'', Vol 20, No. 3 2000 1 p. 58-62 ()〕〔Richardson, W.A.R. "The Portuguese Discovery of Australia, Fact or Fiction?" A lecture delivered at the National Library of Australia, ''Occasional Lecture Series'' Number 3, National Library of Australia, 1989, ISBN 0-642-10481-6. p.6〕 * The Dieppe maps, a group of 16th-century French world maps, which depict a large landmass between Indonesia and Antarctica. Labelled as Java la Grande, this land mass carries French, Portuguese, and Gallicized Portuguese placenames, and has been interpreted by some as corresponding to Australia's northwestern and eastern coasts. * The presence of Portuguese colonies in Southeast Asia from the early 16th century, particularly Portuguese Timor – approximately 650 kilometres from the Australian coast – c. 1513–1516.〔Gunn, G. (1999) ''History of Timor. Timor Loro Sae: 500 Years'', Macau, Livros do Oriente. p.13-21. ISBN 972-9418-69-1 () Gunn provides a valuable explanation of 16th-century Portuguese enterprise and expansion in the Moluccas, Flores, Solor and Timor〕〔McIntyre, K.G. (1977) ''The Secret Discovery of Australia, Portuguese ventures 200 years before Cook'', p. 52+, Souvenir Press, Menindie ISBN 0-285-62303-6〕 * Various antiquities found on Australian coastlines, claimed to be relics of early Portuguese voyages to Australia. Precedence of discovery has also been claimed for China, France,〔Credit for the discovery of Australia was given to Frenchman Binot Paulmier de Gonneville (1504) in 〕 Spain,〔In the early 20th century, Lawrence Hargrave argued from archaeological evidence that Spain had established a colony in Botany Bay in the 16th century.〕 India, and even Phoenicia.〔This claim was made by Allan Robinson in his self-published ''In Australia, Treasure is not for the Finder'' (1980); for discussion, see 〕 ==Historiography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Theory of the Portuguese discovery of Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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