Title: An Historical collection of the several voyages and discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean ...
Description: Terra Australis Incognita, as hypothosized  by Alexander Dalrymple in this book, lead to the circumnavigationary voyages of Captain Cook, Carteret, Wallis and Byron and a better knowledge of the Pacific and its peoples by westerners.
Subjects: Voyages and travels, Spanish, Découverte et exploration espagnoles, Voyages, Discovery and exploration, Terra Australis Incognita
Places: Oceania, Océanie Pacific, Tahiti, Faulklands, Torres, Papua, Solomons, New Zealand, Australia, Terra Australis
People: Alexander Dalrymple
Time periods: 1765, Enlightenment, Georgian England