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afterwards Henry II. ; and it seems likely that its date 

 lies between 1530 and 1536. Another, made by Jean 

 Rotz, who dedicated it first to the King of France, and 

 afterwards to the King of England, bears the date 1542. 

 All the maps of this type were made by French map-makers ; 

 but they furnish conclusive evidence that they were based 

 on a common original, and that the common original 





PART OF TrfE "DAUPHIN " MAP, 1530-36.^ (In the British Museum.) 



was a Portuguese map. They represent Portuguese 

 knowledge or Portuguese speculation as to the contents 

 of the world to the South of Java. It is, therefore, well 

 to compare them with the Portuguese charts by Rodriguez 

 or Reinel which we have already noticed. The charts 

 of Rodriguez and Reinel show knowledge of the North 

 coasts of the islands from Java to Timor, and Rodriguez 

 even seems to show a knowledge also of their South coast ; 

 but neither chart shows any knowledge of land to the 

 South of these islands. Now the maps which we have 



