Terra australis cognita, or, Voyages to the Terra australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixt...
Terra australis cognita, or, Voyages to the Terra australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes, the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain : with a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed.
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Edinburgh : Printed for the author and sold by Messrs, Hawes, Clark, and Collins, in Pater-noster-Row, London, 1766-1768.
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Date
1766-1768.
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76/4 , 76/2 , 76/3 , 910.8/41B2 , 910.8/41B1 , DSM/910.8/41B4 , DSM/910.8/41B5 , 910.8/41B3
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English
French
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3 v. (vii, 516, 692, 745 p.) : 2 maps ; 22 cm. (8vo)
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Publisher
Edinburgh : Printed for the author and sold by Messrs, Hawes, Clark, and Collins, in Pater-noster-Row, London, 1766-1768.
Place of Publication
Scotland
Date Published
1766-1768.
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Terra australis cognita, or, Voyages to the Terra australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries : containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes, the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great c...
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"A translation by John Callander, with additions, of the Histoire des navigations aux terres australes of C. de Brosses." -- British Library general catalogue of printed books to 1975.
Latter part of subtitle varies in vols. 2 and 3.
Vol. 3 has alternative publisher statement:
Selected for Digitisation 2016
Mitchell Library copy: contains bookplates....
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Online at the State Library of NSW.
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Online at the State Library of NSW.
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76/4 , 76/2 , 76/3 , 910.8/41B2 , 910.8/41B1 , DSM/910.8/41B4 , DSM/910.8/41B5 , 910.8/41B3
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74VKOKodGZOg
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910.41
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991022449189702626
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