Physical description

Dust cover has an illustration depicting Circular Quay, West Side in the early days of Australia.

Publication type

non-fiction

Inscriptions & markings

L. Kew / 5444217
Stamp of the Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc / P.O. Box 22 / Marysville 3779

Summary

The Picturesque Atlas was designed to give a graphic and summarised conception of Australasian history and life from the days of the earliest Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, English and French navigators to the 1880's, embracing such salient events as the landing of Captain Cook in 1770. the discoveries of voyagers, explorers an pioneer missionaries; the founding of the different colonies; the establishment of representative government and the marvellous political, commercial and social development which characterises the people of Australia.