Early Voyages To Terra Australis Now Called Australia

Hardcover reprint of the original 1859 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9". All foldouts have been masterfully reprinted in their original form. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Major, Richard Henry. Early Voyages To Terra Australis, Now Called Australia: A Collection Of Documents, And Extracts 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. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Major, Richard Henry. Early Voyages To Terra Australis, Now Called Australia: A Collection Of Documents, And Extracts 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, . London: Printed For The Hakluyt Society, 1859. Subject: Voyages And Travels

From Spanish and Dutch sources and relating to Spanish and Dutch enterprises, edited, with an introduction - a separate pamphlet dated 1861 and containing an article by Major on the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859.

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