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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 sixt...

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Terra Australis cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. [electronic resource] : 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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Terra Australis cognita: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. [electronic resource] : 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, MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Uniform title

Histoire des navigations aux terres australes. English. and Terra Australis.

Date

MDCCLXVI. [1766]

Record Identifier

74VKwmmwKX5A

MMS ID

991018266069702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

3v. ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

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

Place of Publication

Scotland

Date Published

MDCCLXVI. [1766]

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Access Conditions

Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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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. [electronic resource] : 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 disc...

Variant title

Terra Australis.

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Notes

General note

A reissue with different titlepages and cancel preliminaries.

A translation, with additions, of C. de Brosses's 'Histoire des navigations aux terres australes', Paris, 1756.

Edited by John Callander.

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T154230.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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Record Identifier

74VKwmmwKX5A

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKwmmwKX5A

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MMS ID

991018266069702626