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Was the discovery of Australia and New Zealand kept secret from the general population of Europe, what was to stop anybody from heading there before a colony was formed? Also were there any myths about this new found land that the common person might have heard during the time

by /u/gigiwijnaldum in /r/AskHistorians

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