The discovery of Australia / by Albert F. Calvert
- Bib ID:
- 2273039
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946
- Description:
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- London : George Philip & Son, 1893
- vi, 91 p., [29] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Series:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK4379.
- Summary:
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Notes on early voyagers to southern seas & claimants to sighting Australia; list of 24 maps from 10c. to 1798 with notes Schouten & Le Maire (1616) compared inhabitants of New Guinea as superior to Aborigines; Abel Tasman (1642-4) names given by him, quotes from journal, map; W. Dampier (1688) impressions of the land, inhabitants, appearance, food supplies, weapons; second visit (1699), encounter with natives; Cooks discoveries (1770); Marion du Fresne (1772) arrived Tasmania; p.61-75; Cooks second & third voyages, copies of 10 letters; carved & stained shield from Botany Bay.
- Notes:
- Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK4379.
- Cited In:
- Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 7812
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Macassans and Indonesians
- Weapons - Shields
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - European
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
- Victoria (Vic)
- Tasmania (Tas)
- Gascoyne / Murchison area (WA SG50)
- Pilbara area (WA SF50, SF51, SG50)
- Queensland (Qld)
- Botany Bay (S Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Papua New Guinea (PNG)
- West Kimberley area (WA SD51, SD52, SE51)
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1946
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1893
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