Six centuries before the birth of Christ, men began to dream of a vast land at the bottom of the world, a land of marvels, of immense wealth and mystery. "Discovery" is the story of a quest which, across two millennia, compelled men in small ships to traverse unknown seas, to endure extraordinary hardships, to slowly unveil the last discovered continent. "Discovery" begins among ancient Greek philosphers on the shores of the Mediterranean. It ends on 1 April 1770 on the coast of New Zealand. On that day Lieutenant James ...
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Six centuries before the birth of Christ, men began to dream of a vast land at the bottom of the world, a land of marvels, of immense wealth and mystery. "Discovery" is the story of a quest which, across two millennia, compelled men in small ships to traverse unknown seas, to endure extraordinary hardships, to slowly unveil the last discovered continent. "Discovery" begins among ancient Greek philosphers on the shores of the Mediterranean. It ends on 1 April 1770 on the coast of New Zealand. On that day Lieutenant James Cook RN decided the time was right to sail the "Endeavour" west - a passage across the Tasman Sea to the first recorded landfall on Australia's east coast. Lucidly and concisely, weaving together new discoveries from shipwrecks and original sources, Miriam Estensen tells an absorbing tale of lonely galleons and map makers, Spanish hidalgos and Dutch merchants, remote coasts and castaways, buccaneers and dreamers. Above all, this is the story of how an imagined place was made real, how the speculations of visionaries became Terra Incognita and then Australia. "Discovery" is a "prequel" to Robert Hughes' international bestseller "The Fatal Shore".
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Very Good. 9781864484977. Size: 8" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN: 1864484977. ISBN/EAN: 9781864484977. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 15895.
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F in F- jacket. F/F-. 8vo. original blue boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & loose fitting); pp. x, 286, with illustrations. A near fine copy.
