Title Historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of Australia / Alan Day

Published Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2003

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Description xlvi, 321 pages ; 23 cm regular print Series Historical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ; no. 1 Historical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ; no. 1 Summary "This historical dictionary examines the full history of the search for and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by ancient Egyptian, Arab, and Chinese seamen. Alan Day brings the expeditions to life, explaining the desires that drove great sea captains deeper into turbulent water - the longing for caches of spices, silks, and precious metals; the zeal to convert the aborigines to Christianity; the pursuit of natural sciences; and the desire to find a dumping ground for social misfits."--BOOK JACKET Bibliography Inclues bibliographical references (pages 237-316) SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671 Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Dictionaries. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001671 Genre/Form Dictionaries. History. Dictionaries. LC no. 2002154853 ISBN 0810845881 Hardcover alkaline paper

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