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Author Scott, Ernest, Sir, 1868-1939.

Title Australian discovery / edited with an introduction by Ernest Scott
Published London : J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1929

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 MELB  994 Sco/Adb  1  AVAILABLE
 MELB  994 Sco/Adi  2  AVAILABLE
Description 2 volumes (xxxvi, 412 pages ; xxxii, 422 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
Contents v. 1. By sea -- v. 2. By land
Summary Reproduces journals and first-hand accounts of explorers & navigators, includes Torres, Quiros, Tasman, Pelsart, Dampier, Cook, Bligh, La Perouse, Bass, Flinders, Blaxland, Evans, Oxley, Cunningham, Hume & Hovell, Lockyer, Sturt, Mitchell, Eyre, Burke & Wills, Stuart. Many brief references to meetings with Aboriginal peoples
Notes Contents: v. 1. By sea. - v. 2. By land
Bibliography Includes bibliographies
Notes Red cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine
Subject Discoveries in geography.
Explorers -- Australia.
Voyages and travels -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- English
Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
Australia -- History -- To 1788. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618
Author Scott, Ernest, Sir, 1868-1939.
LC no. 30008617
Other Titles Australian discovery by land
Australian discovery by sea
Australian discovery by land
Australian discovery by sea