TAILIEUCHUNG - The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea

Of the many books which have been published on subjects relating to Australia and Australian History, I am not aware of any, since my late friend, Mr. R. H. Major's introduction to his valuable work, "Early Voyages to Terra Australis," which has attempted a systematic investigation into the earliest discoveries of the great Southern Island-Continent, and the first faint indications of knowledge that such a land existed. Mr. Major's work was published in 1859, at a time when the materials for such an enquiry were much smaller than at present. The means of reproducing and distributing copies of the many ancient maps which are scattered among. | The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea 1 A free download from http CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea The Project Gutenberg EBook of The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea by George Collingridge This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions between the Years 1492-1606 with Descriptions of their Old Charts. Author George Collingridge Release Date November 7 2005 EBook 17022 The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea 2 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA Produced by Col Choat The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions between the Years 1492-1606 with Descriptions of their Old Charts. By George Collingridge De Tourcey . of Australasia Hon. Corr. . Melbourne Victoria Hon. Corr. . Neuchatel Switzerland Hon. Corr. M. of the Portuguese . Hon. Corr. M. of the Spanish . Founder with his brother Arthur Collingridge and First Vice-President of the Royal Art Society of . Australia Author of The Discovery of Australia etc. etc. First published 1906 Olba a Sunda tao larga que huma banda Esconde para o Sul difficultuoso. Lusiadas. CONTENTS. I. In Quest of the Spice Islands II. Voyages to the Spice Islands and Discovery of Papua III. The Spice Islands in Ribero s Map IV. Villalobos Expedition and Further Discoveries in Papua V. The First Map of

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