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WHAT would Australia be like today had Pedro Fernándes de Quirós managed to convince Phillip III that the great land or continent that he believed he had found in the South Pacific was worth further investigation and colonisation by Spain?

A Portuguese navigator and explorer in Spanish service, Quirós’ discoveries on voyages into the Paci…

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