Title The secret discovery of Australia : Portuguese ventures 250 years before Captain Cook / Kenneth Gordon McIntyre

Edition Revised abridged edition Published Sydney : Pan Books Australia, 1982

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Description xv, 236 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm Series Picador Contents Includes index Summary Shows that the Portuguese, not Captain Cook, were the first Europeans to visit the east coast of Australia Analysis Australia - discovery & exploration Australia. Portuguese exploration, ca 1550 Notes Includes index Previous ed.: Medindie, S. Aust. : Souvenir Press, 1977 Bibliography Bibliography: pages 225-227 Subject Explorers -- Portugal. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Portuguese Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Portugal -- History -- Period of discoveries, 1385-1580. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105259 ISBN 0330270338

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