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
- Title
- 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 / edited with an introduction by R.H. Major.
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- London : Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1859.
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- xi, cxix, 200 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : maps (some folded); 23 cm.
- Series statement
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 25
- Uniform title
- Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ; no. 25.
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- Columbia University Libraries
- Note
- Extract from a letter addressed to Sir Henry Ellis, K.H., "On the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601...communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, by Richard Henry Major..." now distributed to the members of the Hakluyt Society for insertion as a supplement to the volume of "Early voyages to Terra Australis"...[London. 1861]
- 13 p. fold. map. 22 cm With his Early voyages...London. 1859.
- Cover-title: On the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601. By R. H. Major... Being a supplement to the volumes of "Early voyages to Terra Australis"
- This copy imperfect; cover-title wanting.