Originally published as Picturesque Atlas of Australasia in 1886, this volume was designed to give a graphic and summarised conception of Australasian history and life from the earliest Portugese, Spanish, Dutch, English and French navigators to the 1880s, which emphasis on salient events such as the landing of Cook at Botany Bay, the discoveries of voyagers, missionaries and explorers; the founding of the different colonies; the establishment of representative government and the political, social and economic development of Australia. Illustrated with beautiful reproduction engravings.