Facsimile reproduction of original edition, printed 1766-1768 by A. Donaldson, Edinburgh. Original title: Terra australis cognita : or, voyages to the Terra australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing an account of the manners of the people, and the productions of the countries, hitherto found in the southern latitudes ; the advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great continent, and the methods of establishing colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain, with a preface by the editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial questions are discussed.