The East Indies with early evidence of the Dutch discovery of Australia

An important map of the East Indies, one of the first to show evidence of the route taken by the Duyfken, the ship that discovered Australia. While Blaeu (the official cartographer of the Dutch East India Company) was prevented from publishing this information by the VOC, Jansson managed to acquire and publish the information in 1630, notably 'Duyfkens Eyland' under New Guinea. Schilder writes ''Janssonius' source must have been either the original map of the Duyfken's voyage or the map of the Pacific by Hessel Gerritz. These three items are the only Dutch cartographical sources of the Dufken's Voyage''.