The A to Z of the discovery and exploration of Australia
- Bib ID:
- 4664371
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Day, Alan Edwin
- Description:
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- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2003, 2009
- xlviii, 321 p. : maps 22 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780810868106
- 0810868105
- Series:
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- A to Z guide series ; no. 27
- A to Z guides ; no. 27.
- Summary:
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"This historical dictionary examines the full history of the search for and the discovery of Australia, taking full account of the evidence for and the speculation surrounding possible earlier contacts by ancient Egyptian, Arab, and Chinese seamen. Alan Day brings the expeditions to life, explaining the desires that drove great sea captains deeper into turbulent water - the longing for caches of spices, silks, and precious metals; the zeal to convert the aborigines to Christianity; the pursuit of natural sciences; and the desire to find a dumping ground for social misfits."--BOOK JACKET.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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