Sunda on the Atlas Miller (1519)

<p>Another Portuguese source from the same period, the&nbsp;<strong>Atlas Miller</strong>&nbsp;(aka&nbsp;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller_Atlas" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Miller Atlas</a>&nbsp;or Lopo Homem-Reineis Atlas &mdash; Paris, BnF, GE DD-683), also depicts Sunda as an island, suggesting this was the standard view among the Portuguese at the time. The Atlas was drawn in 1519 by Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel, and collaborators, and shows the entire world then known to the Portuguese, including notably &lt;MVNDVS NOVVS&gt; &lsquo;the New World&rsquo;, with a reasonably&nbsp;<a href="https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b525032239/f1.item.r=Atlas%20Miller.zoom" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">accurate depiction</a>&nbsp;of the coast of Brazil.&nbsp;<em>(1)</em>&nbsp;The captions are in Latin in a beautiful hand, and whimsical illustrations have been liberally strewn about the pages, among them parrots and ships and the supposedly floating tomb of Muhammad (pbuh), incorrectly placed at &lt;MECHA&gt;.&nbsp;<em>(2)</em></p> <p><a href="https://indomedieval.medium.com/sunda-on-the-atlas-miller-1519-c6ed58ed4789"><strong>Read More</strong></a></p>
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