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What is “Australasia”?

6 posted on 03/16/2015 1:10:19 PM PDT by Marko413

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RE: What is “Australasia”?

It is a region of Oceania, comprises Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. Charles de Brosses coined the term (as French Australasie) in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756)

14 posted on 03/16/2015 1:33:34 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)

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