Discovery
Subtitle: The Quest for the Great South Land
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780312217563
Subjects: Australia - History; Discovery And Exploration (General); History; History - General History; History: World; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Australia & Oceania - Australia; Expeditions & Discoveries; History / Australia & Oceania; Australia & New Zealand - General; General; Australia; Discovery and Exploration; Voyages and travels
First sentence: Out of the dark ocean that sheeted the earth four billion years ago a ragged outcrop of rock erupted into a lifeless world.
Description: "Six centuries before the birth of Christ, people began to imagine an immense land at the bottom of the world, a land of marvels, of enormous wealth and mystery. Discovery is the story of the quest which compelled men in small ships to traverse unknown seas, to endure extraordinary hardships, to slowly unveil the sixth continent."--BOOK JACKET.