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The voyage of Torres : the discovery of the southern coastline of New Guinea and Torres Strait by Captain Luis Baez de Torres in 1606 / Brett Hilder.
Record no.:
6390
Author:
Hilder, Brett.;
Publisher:
St. Lucia, Qld :: University of Queensland Press,
Year:
1980.
Description:
xxxii, 194 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 25 cm
Subject:
Torres, Luis Vaez de,;
Explorers - Spain Biography.;
Explorations.;
Papua New Guinea.;
Torres Strait.;
Discoveries in geography - Spanish.;
Papua New Guinea - Discovery and exploration.;
Torres Strait - Discovery and exploration.;
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) - Discovery and exploration - Spanish.;
Pacific Area - Discovery and exploration.;
Pacific Ocean - Exploring expeditions.;
Pacific Area - Exploring expeditions.;
New Guinea - Discovery and exploration - Spanish.;
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-188) and index.Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
9780702212758 070221275X;
Abstract:
Reconstructs the discovery and navigation of the Torres Strait between Australia and Southern New Guinea by Spanish Captain Luis Baez de Torres. "Which passage did he use through the strait? Did he see the mainland of Australia? Which islands did he stop
at?-- Captain Brett Hilder, --gathered together all the clues-- and set out to establish the day-to-day route of Torres from his landfall-- to the end of his voyage in Manilla."--Page 2 of cover.
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