Early voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia
Subtitle: a collection of documents, andextracts from early manuscript maps, illustrative of the history of discovery on the coasts of that vast island, from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the time of Captain Cook
By: edited with an introduction by R.H. Major.
Contributors: Major, Richard Henry, 1818-1891.
Series: Works issued by the Hakluyt Society -- no. 25
Publisher: Printed for the Hakluyt Society
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Voyages and travels.; Discoveries (in geography) -- Portuguese.; Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
Notes: Extract from a letter addressed to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., "On the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601...communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, by Richard Henry Major..." now distributed to the members of the Hakluyt Society for insertion as a supplement to the volume of "Early voyages to Terra Australis"...(London. 1861).

13 p. fold. map. 22 cm With his Early voyages...London. 1859.

Cover-title:  On the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601. By R. H. Major... Being a supplement to the volumes of "Early voyages to Terra Australis".

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