Before the First Fleet: The European Discovery of Australia 1606-1777
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Printed: 1995 Author: John Kenny
Publisher: Kangaroo Press ISBN: 0864176457
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Hardcover, 184 pages, (August 1995) Usually ships within 3-5 weeks.
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A handsomely illustrated and broad-ranging descriptive digest of what Europeans knew of the continent and its indigenous people before the First Fleet arrived in 1788. Covers patterns of exploration by the Dutch, the English, and the French; the results of discovery, including botany, zoology, ethnography, and art and artefacts; and the naming of Australian places. Distributed by Seven Hills.
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