The discovery of Australia

The authors' purpose is to trace the sequence of discovery of potions of the coasts of the Australian continent and Tasmania and thereby provide an up-todate study of the revelation of Ausralia to the outside world. The theme is demonsrated as far as possible by qouting extracts from first -hand accounts by the discoverers or their associates. and reproducing relevent portions of their charts. A number of the excepts throw interesting light on the people? wild life and plants of Australia during the period of its discovery.