A Voyage to Terra Australis
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A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator was a
Entrance to Port Lincoln in South Australia; engraving by John Pye.
A Voyage to Terra Australis: title page
Name of Australia
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The name Australia is derived from the Latin australis, meaning 'southern', and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography. The name was popularised by the e
The name Australia was specifically applied to the continent for the first time in 1794.