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| Keywords: Southern Celestial Map of Mestre João Faras.gif en Celestial map of the southern hemisphere including the first depiction of the Southern Cross Crucis constellation by Mestre João Faras astronomer-physician and passenger on the armada of Pedro Alvares Cabral as sketched in his letter dated May 1 1500 from 'Vera Cruz' newly-discovered Brazil to King Manuel I of Portugal This letter was discovered and first published in 1843 in the Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro Rio de Janeiro vol 5 nº 19 p 342-44 This image is reproduced in Luís de Albuquerque 1970 A navegação astronómica in A Cortesão 1970 editor História da Cartografia Portuguesa Coimbra vol 2 p 225-371 Letter of Mestre João Faras to King Manuel I Mestre João Faras 1500-05 Southern Celestial Map of Mestre João Faras Labelled gif Discovery of Brazil PD-old-100 | ||||
