Beyond Capricorn : how Portuguese adventurers secretly discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook / Peter Trickett

Beyond Capricorn : how Portuguese adventurers secretly discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook / Peter Trickett
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Trickett, Peter, 1934-
Subjects
Discoveries in geography - Portuguese.; Australia - Discovery and exploration - Portuguese.; Oceania - Discovery and exploration - Portuguese.
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Adult
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Argues that in 1522 - a century before the Dutch and 250 years before Captain Cook - the Portuguese discovered and mapped parts of Australia and New Zealand. Draws from primary and secondary historical sources, archaeological evidence and stories handed down through Aboriginal oral tradition.
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Beyond Capricorn : how Portuguese adventurers secretly discovered and mapped Australia and New Zealand 250 years before Captain Cook / Peter Trickett.
Bowden, S. Aust. : East Street Publications,
386 pages
2007 English Book; Illustrated 91

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