The First Discovery Of Australia And New Guinea
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of Cook and the celebrated voyages of European exploration, the true story of who first laid eyes on the great southern continent was buried beneath centuries of disputed maps and forgotten manuscripts — George Collingridge's The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea resurrects that story with meticulous scholarship and passionate conviction. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of early Portuguese and Spanish cartographic evidence, Collingridge argues that navigators reached the shores of Australia and New Guinea well before the officially recognised voyages of discovery, presenting a compelling and thoroughly researched case that rewrites the accepted colonial narrative. A pioneering work in Australian historiography, this volume stands as a landmark contribution to the study of pre-British exploration in the Pacific, combining the rigour of archival research with the flair of a gifted storyteller. Collingridge illustrates the treacherous political and geographic challenges faced by early explorers, chronicling their ambitions, rivalries, and remarkable feats of seamanship across uncharted waters. His prose carries an urgency that transforms dusty cartographic evidence into a living, breathing drama of human endeavour — leaving the reader to wonder just how many other untold chapters of history still lie hidden beneath the accepted record.
Author: George Collingridge
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before the age of Cook and the celebrated voyages of European exploration, the true story of who first laid eyes on the great southern continent was buried beneath centuries of disputed maps and forgotten manuscripts — George Collingridge's The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea resurrects that story with meticulous scholarship and passionate conviction. Drawing on an extraordinary collection of early Portuguese and Spanish cartographic evidence, Collingridge argues that navigators reached the shores of Australia and New Guinea well before the officially recognised voyages of discovery, presenting a compelling and thoroughly researched case that rewrites the accepted colonial narrative. A pioneering work in Australian historiography, this volume stands as a landmark contribution to the study of pre-British exploration in the Pacific, combining the rigour of archival research with the flair of a gifted storyteller. Collingridge illustrates the treacherous political and geographic challenges faced by early explorers, chronicling their ambitions, rivalries, and remarkable feats of seamanship across uncharted waters. His prose carries an urgency that transforms dusty cartographic evidence into a living, breathing drama of human endeavour — leaving the reader to wonder just how many other untold chapters of history still lie hidden beneath the accepted record.