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... knowledge and intellectual thought . During the two centuries of the ... geographical horizon extended to include all Asia . The " wealth of the ... geographical knowledge . It was at this period that Roger Bacon , writing ( 1267 ) of the ...
... knowledge and intellectual thought . During the two centuries of the ... geographical horizon extended to include all Asia . The " wealth of the ... geographical knowledge . It was at this period that Roger Bacon , writing ( 1267 ) of the ...
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... geographical knowledge . Sir Thomas More , moved by the story of Amerigo Vespucci's discoveries in Americal and probably also by Vasco da Gama's voyage ( 1497 ) , made the chief character in his Utopia , Raphaell Hythlodaye , arrive ...
... geographical knowledge . Sir Thomas More , moved by the story of Amerigo Vespucci's discoveries in Americal and probably also by Vasco da Gama's voyage ( 1497 ) , made the chief character in his Utopia , Raphaell Hythlodaye , arrive ...
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... knowledge of contemporary literature , both geographical and scientific . It must be accepted that he was thoroughly familiar with discussions of the great south land , Terra Australis Incognita , and with the conjectures - then only in ...
... knowledge of contemporary literature , both geographical and scientific . It must be accepted that he was thoroughly familiar with discussions of the great south land , Terra Australis Incognita , and with the conjectures - then only in ...
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