A collection of writings by various authors detailing the search for the Great Southland Terra Australis dating from accounts as far back as the 1400s. In this volume: The Early Voyagers, William Howitt; The Voyage Of Luis De Torres, R.H. Major; The Voyage of Francis Pelsart, John Pinkerton; The Voyage of Tasman, from Dr Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia; The Wreck Of The Vergulde Draeck, R.H. Major; In Search Of A Wreck, Matthew Flinders; Dampier And The Buccaneers, Samuel Bennett; First Voyage Of Captain Cook, Roderick Flanagan; The Voyage Of Captain Marion, Matthew Flinders; The Voyage Of Captain Furneaux, Reverend J.E.T. Woods; La Perouse, And The Voyages In Quest Of Him, William Howitt; The Voyages Of Bass And Flinders, from Dr Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopædia; Founding A Country, Roderick Flanagan; Troubles With The Natives, Samuel Bennett; Captain John Hunter In New South Wales, Samuel Bennett; John Batman And The Settlement Of Port Phillip, from Batman's Journal; The Story Of William Buckley, William Westgarth; An Emigrant's Adventures, Anonymous; In The Goldfields, Kinahan Cornwallis.