This engaging reference examines the history of, the search for, and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation sur
The map of Australia abounds with fascinating geographical place-names, the origins of which have, for long, been hidden in the journals of our early explorers.
Notes on early voyagers to southern seas & claimants to sighting Australia; list of 24 maps from 10c. to 1798 with notes Schouten & Le Maire (1616) compared inh