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Author Estensen, Miriam, author

Title Terra Australis incognita : the Spanish quest for the mysterious Great South land / Miriam Estensen
Published Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, [2006]

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents Dedication; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chronology; List of Illustrations; Map; Map; Prologue; 1 Gold, Souls and a Mythical Continent; 2 The First Voyage: 1567-69; 3 Las Yslas de Salomon; 4 Guadalcanal; 5 The Last Anchorage; 6 The Journey Back; 7 The Second Voyage: 1595-1596; 8 '. . . we opened fire on them'; 9 Journey to Manila; 10 Quiros; 11 The third voyage: 1605-1606; 12 The voyage begun; 13 La Australia del Espiritu Santo; 14 Knighthoods and a City of Marble; 15 Separation; 16 The Last Journeys of Quiros; 17 A Different Commander; 18 The Traverse of Torres Strait
19 'Where are we?'20 Ternate and Manila; 21 A Legacy of Islands; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary A new perspective on the intriguing story of the discovery of Torres Strait in 1606 and the search for the Great South Land
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 07, 2019)
Subject Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
HISTORY -- Australia & New Zealand.
Discoveries in geography
Discoveries in geography -- Spanish
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
Subject Australia
Oceania
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781741760866
1741760860
Other Titles Spanish quest for the mysterious Great South land