The Dieppe maps are a series of world maps and atlases produced in Dieppe, France, in the 1540s, 1550s, and 1560s. They are large hand-produced works, commissioned for wealthy and royal patrons, including Kings Henry II of France and Henry VIII of England. The Dieppe school of cartographers included Pierre Desceliers, Jean Rotz, Guillaume Le Testu, Guillaume Brouscon and Nicolas Desliens.
Guillaume Le Testu's 1556 Cosmographie Universel, 4ème projection, where the northward extending promontory of the Terre australe is called Grande Jave.
Newspaper article of 4 February 1790
Nicolas Desliens, detail of "Java la Grande", 1566.
Dieppe is a coastal commune in the Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, northern France.
A view of the centre of Dieppe in July 2022
Dieppe Dawn, 19 August 1942, memorial stained glass, Royal Military College of Canada
Panoramic view of Dieppe (taken from a hill close to the castle Château de Dieppe)
View of Dieppe's Grand quai