New Holland (Australia)
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new-holland-australia-183-3279894
title:
New Holland (Australia)
text:
New Holland is a historical European name for mainland Australia. The name was first applied to Australia in 1644 by the Dutch seafarer Abel Tasman. The name came for a time to be applied in most European maps to the vaunted "Southern land" or Terra Australis even after its coastline was finally explored. The continent of Antarctica, later named in the 1890s, was still in largely speculative form; it resumed the name Terra Australis. Its existence had been speculated on in some maps since the 5t
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encyclopedia
description:
Historical name for the island continent of Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Holland_(Australia)
date created:
2005-05-25T03:14:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:07:47Z
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