EARLY PORTUGUESE GEOGRAPHERS IN THE INDIAN OCEAN WORLD: MANUEL GODINHO DE ERÉDIA, JOÃO TEIXEIRA ALBERNAZ AND THEIR MAPS.

The article offers information on Manuel Godinho de Erédia's geographical treatise, the Declaraçam de Malaca e India Meridional com o Cathay, published in 1613, describing the Malay Peninsula, the Indonesian archipelago, and a supposed southern land called Meridional India. Erédia's interest in exploring the land south of the Indonesian Archipelago was influenced by Marco Polo's descriptions.