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Author Kenny, John, 1906-1987.

Title Before the First Fleet : Europeans in Australia 1606-1777 / John Kenny
Published Kenthurst, NSW : Kangaroo Press, 1995

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 W'PONDS  994.01 Ken/Btf  AVAILABLE
Description 184 pages : color illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Summary Exploration of Australia; Dutch and English, 1606-1756; English and French, 1768-80; results of discovery, botany, zoology, ethnography, encounters with Aborigines; art; origin of European names for Australian places; brief description of meeting Tasmanian Aborigines
Analysis Australia Discovery and exploration
Geschichte 1606-1777
Notes Cover sub-title: The European discovery of Australia 1606-1777
Includes index
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [177]-179
Subject Explorers -- Australia.
Voyages and travels.
SUBJECT Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1606-1777-
Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- pre 1788
Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French
Australia -- History -- To 1788. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88000618
LC no. 95162106
ISBN 0864176457
Other Titles Cover title: Before the First Fleet : the European discovery of Australia 1606-1777
Before the first fleet : the European discovery of Australia 1606-1777