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Terra Australis to Australia – Williams and Frost

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Published by Oxford University Press, Melbourne a first edition 1988. A fine copy.

Edited by the noteworthy Glyndwr Williams (University of London) and Alan Frost (La Trobe University). With contributions from Voyager favourite Gunter Schilder (author Australia Unveiled) and Helen Wallis previously Keeper of Maps at the British Library

Octavo, 242 pages heavily illustrated and in colour where appropriate. Super selection of maps.

A high class production – from Theory on and Speculation of Terra Australis, The enigma of the Dieppe Maps, the Dutch Discoveries and the arrival of the English. Beautifully and intelligently done from start to finish.

Must rate as one of the best books on the subject

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Terra Australis to Australia – Williams and Frost

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