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050 00 $aDU97$b.D39 2003
082 00 $a994/.003$221
100 1 $aDay, Alan Edwin.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79141309
245 10 $aHistorical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of Australia /$cAlan Day.
260 $aLanham, Md. :$bScarecrow Press,$c2003.
300 $axlvi, 321 pages :$bmaps ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aHistorical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ;$vno. 1
504 $aInclues bibliographical references (p. 237-320).
520 1 $a"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.
651 0 $aAustralia$xDiscovery and exploration$vDictionaries.
651 0 $aAustralia$xHistory$vDictionaries.
651 0 $aAustralia$vDictionaries.
830 0 $aHistorical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ;$vno. 1.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002048772
852 00 $boff,glx$hDU97$i.D39 2003