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... discovered the Solomon Islands , and in 1606 another Spanish expedition under de Quiros discovered the New Hebrides group , which he named La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo . Quiros took possession of " all the islands and lands that he ...
... discovered the Solomon Islands , and in 1606 another Spanish expedition under de Quiros discovered the New Hebrides group , which he named La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo . Quiros took possession of " all the islands and lands that he ...
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... discovery un- finished . The prospect of successful trading with this great south land was unsatisfactory , and it is ... discovered that by keeping well to the south for about three thousand miles and then turning north , he would have ...
... discovery un- finished . The prospect of successful trading with this great south land was unsatisfactory , and it is ... discovered that by keeping well to the south for about three thousand miles and then turning north , he would have ...
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... discovered by Evans in 1818 , and followed that stream down until " we found ourselves checked by a broad river . A single glimpse of it was sufficient to tell us it was the Darling . At a distance of more than ninety miles nearer its ...
... discovered by Evans in 1818 , and followed that stream down until " we found ourselves checked by a broad river . A single glimpse of it was sufficient to tell us it was the Darling . At a distance of more than ninety miles nearer its ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I The Early Centuries of Ignorance I | 1 |
The Dutch Discovery of Australia 127 | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
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The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston No preview available - 1964 |
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A. C. Gregory Adelaide Archipelago Bathurst Bligh boats Brisbane Cape York coast of Australia Colonial Office Cook Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert Diemen's discovered discovery Dividing Range Dutch east eastern eastward England examined expedition exploration Flinders followed Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey King Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed Scale in Miles settlement ship South Australia South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia western coast westward Zealand