Discovery by Miriam Estensen Asia This book covers themes that

This book covers themes that have long preoccupied the popular imagination

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Discovery by Miriam Estensen Asia This book covers themes thatDiscovery The Quest for the Great South Land by Miriam Estensen Allen & Unwin, 1998, [First Edition], ISBN 1864484977, illustrated coloured plates, illustrated endpapers, illustrated frontispiece, hardcover, dustjacket Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear (See photographs) Six centuries before the birth of Christ, people began to imagine an immense land at the bottom of the world,