Quotation from: The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765Written by: J.E. Heeres |
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South-south-east, facing the farthest extremity of the island of Samatra, south of the line _equinoctial_, lies the island called _Java Mayor_, or great _Java_...This island begins in 7 degrees Latitude South, and extends east by south a length of 150 miles but of its breadth nothing is known up to now, since it has not yet been explored, nor is this known to the inhabitants themselves. Some suppose it to be a mainland, [forming part] of the land called Terra incognita, which would then extend hitherward from beyond the _C de boa Esperanca_ but of this there is no certitude hitherto, so that it is usually accounted an island...
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