Comments on: The Literal Translation of Country Names https://vividmaps.com/literal-translation-country-names/ Maps that explain the World Fri, 14 Mar 2025 08:41:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex E https://vividmaps.com/literal-translation-country-names/#comment-2149 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:15:25 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=14356#comment-2149 In reply to Alex E.

I don’t think so. Terra Australis as a name for the unknown “south land” has existed since antiquity, and Matthew Flinders championed its use for what was then simply New Holland. He believed there was no land further south than New Holland, so it was the fabled “Australia”.

]]> By: Alex E https://vividmaps.com/literal-translation-country-names/#comment-2141 Sun, 02 Dec 2018 10:15:09 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=14356#comment-2141 “Australia” could also come from “Land of the Austrias” (Spanish Dynasty during the exploration of the Pacific Ocean by the Spanish explorers)

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