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New light on the discovery of Australia : as revealed by the journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar / edited by Henry N. Stevens ; with annotated translations from the Spanish by George F. Barwick.
Record no.:
271
Author:
Prado Y Tobar, Diego de, 17th century.;
Stevens, Henry N. (Henry Newton), 1855-1930.;
Barwick, G. F. (George Frederick), 1853-1931;
Publisher:
London :: Stevens and Stiles,
Year:
1930.
Series:
Works issued by the Hakluyt Society ;, Second series, 64;
Description:
xii, 261 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps (2 folded in back pocket).
Subject:
Discoveries in geography - Spanish.;
Australia - Discovery and exploration.;
Notes:
Trans. from the Spanish. Nagle Library copy has inserted: three clippings of book reviews from unknown publications; one clipping from the Times Literary Supplement dated 22/05/1930 by unknown reviewer. Connellan Collection.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Parallel Spanish text and English translation.
Type:
Monograph
Abstract:
New light on the discovery of Australia -- Note on Prado's Relacion -- Relacion de don Diego de Prado (Spanish and English) -- Appendices: 1. Report of Council of State with letter of Luis Vaez de Torres (Spanish and English). 2. Mr. Barwick's translations
of Prado's two letters sent from Goa in 1613. 3. Mr. Barwick's translations of the legends on the four Prado maps.
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994.01 / PRAD
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