New Holland

Proper noun

Meaning

(obsolete) The continent and the country of Australia.

A village, a civil parish and port in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TA0823).

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Australia Aussie Austronesian Commonwealth of Australia Terra Australis

Examples

Banks used his influence with Earl Spencer to convince the Admiralty of the importance of an expedition to chart the coastline of New Holland. Source: Internet

Dampier contributed to knowledge of Australia's coastline through his two-volume publication A Voyage to New Holland (1703, 1709). Source: Internet

Bowen's map was based on one by Melchisédech Thévenot and published in Relations des Divers Voyages (1663), which apparently divided New Holland in the west from Terra Australis in the east by a latitude staff situated at 135° East. Source: Internet

Cook decided to survey the east coast of New Holland, the only major part of that continent that had not been charted by Dutch navigators. Source: Internet

Investigator set sail for New Holland on 18 July 1801. Source: Internet

Apart from the holotype supposedly from " New Holland ", a second specimen from the " Himalaya " may have existed (or still exist). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

new hire new hires new historicism New Holland honeyeater New Holstein New Home