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Ghosts of the Abrolhos

Carina — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 06:00:51 +0000

1. Lodewijcksz, Willem (1598). Logbook in Latin: Prima Pars Descriptionis Itineris Navalis in Indiam Orientalem. Amsterdam: C. Claesz. Online copy from National Central Library of Rome

2. Lodewijcksz, Willem ?/ Claesz, Cornelis (1598). Marine chart depicting Dutch first fleet voyage to the East Indies. Amsterdam: C. Claesz. High quality image visible on Leen Helmink Antique Maps website

3. McCarthy, Mike (1981). Colonial Wrecks in the Abrolhos Islands. Report number 27. Fremantle: Western Australian Museum. PDF

4. McCarthy’s shpwreck list has been double checked for updates using Western Australia Museum Maritime Archaeology Database (December 2023)

5. Ariese, Csilla (2012). Databases of the People Aboard the VOC Ships Batavia (1629) and Zeewijk (1727). Report number 298, Western Australian Museum. Fremantle: Australian National Centre of Excellence for Maritime Archaeology. PDF

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Timeline. Map bibliography

Eight monochrome stamps were created using these high resolution images:

Anaximander (c.530 BC). Map of the world. Original lost. Interpretation. Source: Wikipedia

Crates of Mallus (c.145 BC). Terrestrial globe. Original lost. Interpretation adapted from original by E. L.Stevenson. Terrestrial and Celestial Globes. Published in 1921. London: Yale University Press. Source: Wikipedia

Ptolemy, Claudius (c.150 AD). Map of the world. Reconstruction by German cartographer Nicolaus Germanus based on rediscovered Greek manuscripts of Ptolemy’s Geography. Published in 1482. Ulm: L. Holle. Source: Wikipedia

Mercator, Gerardus (1569). Map of the world. Composite of 18 sheets. Duisburg: G. Mercator. Source: Wikipedia

Gerritsz, Hessel (1628). Chart of the Malay archipelago and the Dutch discoveries in Australia. Amsterdam: H. Gerritsz. Source: National Library of Australia

Hondius, Hendrik (1657). Polus Antarcticus. Amsterdam: H. Hondius. and J. Jansson. Source: State Library of NSW, Australia

Djurberg, Daniel (1780). Map of Polynesia. Stockholm: Holmberg. Source: Wikipedia

Flinders, Matthew (1804). Draft map: A Voyage to Terra Australis. Published in 1814. London: G. and W. Nicol, Pall Mall. Source: State Library of NSW, Australia

Sources of relevant information

Siebold, Jim. My Old Maps website

History of Cartogarphy Project website

DiNapoli, Vincent (2010). Oz Preview III: Discovering and Naming Australia – The Indies. Travelanguist blog, July 7, 2010

Wikipedia: Terra Australis

Wikipedia: History of Cartography

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The original letter to my brother, sent from Geraldton, Australia, on the 2nd of November 2019, did not include the timeline «A Blank on the Map» nor the wreck sites map «Ghosts of the Abrolhos». These parts were added later, when in 2023 L’Envol had stopped in Brazil for a 9-months breather and I had time to plunge into further research of the subject. Published from Charlotteville, Tobago, on the 25th of January 2024, under «wrong date» for the sake of the story.

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Into the Wild Outback

Carina — Sat, 09 Nov 2019 21:37:35 +0000

Sent from Monkey Mia, Australia, on the 25th of October 2019.

The theme for the title image comes from our short stop in the Osborne Islands in the Kimberley. The collage of figures in the sky is inspired from the Aboriginal rock art we saw in the area.

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Australia – Over the Top

Carina — Wed, 04 Sep 2019 12:59:33 +0000

Sent from Darwin, Australia, on the 3rd of September 2019.

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Pacific Diary XI: Long Way Around

Carina — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 15:48:43 +0000

Sent from Darwin, Australia, on the 3rd of September 2019.

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Hear the Sailing Boat Sing

Carina — Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:39:55 +0000

Sent from Airlie Beach, Australia, on the 20th of July 2019.

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Pacific Diary X: Lost in New Caledonia

Carina — Sun, 12 May 2019 10:04:04 +0000

Sent from Noumea, New Caledonia between January and June 2019. Based on letters and emails written to friends and family in Estonian, Russian and English languages.

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Saved by the Bell

Carina — Fri, 10 May 2019 15:55:43 +0000

Sent from Bay of Kuto, Isle of Pines, New Caledonia, on the 19th of December 2018.

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Pacific Diary IX: Rules vs Nature

Carina — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 08:14:54 +0000

Sent from Noumea, New Caledonia, on the 10th of June 2018.

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Daydream

Carina — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:15:37 +0000

Letter to Mum, written when L’Envol was moored at latitude 41 degrees South, in Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, could have included this tale… but didn’t. Opposite Latitude saw light in the process of translating the letter from Estonian into English, curiously so when three years later we were based at the same latitude in northern Tasmania. Published from Beauty Point, Australia, on the 19th of September 2021, under «wrong date» for the sake of the story.

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New Zealand – How and Why

Carina — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 08:39:12 +0000

Sent from Picton, New Zealand, on the 2nd of April 2018. This letter was translated from Estonian language.

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