Miscellanea aurea, or, The golden medley. (London : Printed for A. Bettesworth ... and J. Pemberton, 1720)
This is a literary miscellany of a type common during the late 17th, early 18th century. We hold a number of these. This particular compilation is particularly significant to us for the second piece, “The fortunate shipwreck, or a description of New Athens.” To escape turmoil in Greece, an expedition had set out to sail to the south. They come to
Terra Australia Incognita where they inter-marry with the “Aborigines of the place” (p. 114). This may be the earliest use of the word for the natives of Australia.
