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English: A part of Dutchman Pieter Goos' map of the East Indies (Paskaerte zynde t'oosterdeel van Oost Indien: met alle de eylanden deer ontrendt geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen Iapan). This small section of the map shows the location of Mony, now called Christmas Island. It is the first time Christmas Island appears on a map. |
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| Source | Map of the East Indies, by Pieter Goos (Paskaerte zynde t'oosterdeel van Oost Indien: met alle de eylanden deer ontrendt geleegen van C. Comorin tot aen Iapan). | |||||||||||||||||||
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