Descobrimento da Australia pelos Portugu…

Rare c.19th discourse by Richard Henry Major (1818-1891) of the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese. Soft bound brown wrapper, 24 pp, with the facsimile map of northern Australia from a manuscript chart in the British Library. Major’s publication which was based on his research from the British Library’s rich collection of rare Dieppe maps, manuscripts and journals in the Hakluyt Society created ongoing interest in the subject. He was fluent in Spanish which facilitated his research. This one of two printings made in Lisbon, both in 1863, The other is titled;  Descobrimento da Australia pelos Portuguezes em 1601….