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Terra australis cognita, or, Voyages to the Terra australis, or southern hemisphere, during the sixt...

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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 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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Full title

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.

Publisher

Edinburgh : Printed for the author and sold by Messrs, Hawes, Clark, and Collins, in Pater-noster-Row, London, 1766-1768.

Uniform title

Histoire des navigations aux terres australes. English.

Alternative title

Voyages to the Terra australis.

Date

1766-1768.

Call Numbers

76/4 , 76/2 , 76/3 , 910.8/41B2 , 910.8/41B1 , DSM/910.8/41B4 , DSM/910.8/41B5 , 910.8/41B3

Record Identifier

74VKOKodGZOg

MMS ID

991022449189702626

Language

English

French

(Language of original)

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

3 v. (vii, 516, 692, 745 p.) : 2 maps ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Publication information

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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Copyright status: Out of copyright.

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Full title

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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Notes

General note

"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....

Additional physical form availability note

Online at the State Library of NSW.

Online at the State Library of NSW.

Online at the State Library of NSW.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

76/4 , 76/2 , 76/3 , 910.8/41B2 , 910.8/41B1 , DSM/910.8/41B4 , DSM/910.8/41B5 , 910.8/41B3

Record Identifier

74VKOKodGZOg

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Other Identifiers

DDC

910.41

MMS ID

991022449189702626

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