Abstract
As one author in the present anthology reminds us, the first fleet to arrive in Australia in 1788 came via Rio de Janeiro. It was common practice, at least until the 1820s, for ships traversing the Atlantic and Indian oceans from Portsmouth to Botany Bay to stock up on supplies in Brazil. Put in more dramatic terms, we might say that Australia was settled via Latin America. The vagaries of being tied to different empires - Britain, on the one hand, and Portugal and Spain on the other - slowed relations between the two continents, but the histories of the two lands were both linked and divided by that same phenomenon.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Australian-Latin American Relations: New Links in Changing Global Landscape |
| Editors | Elizabeth Kath |
| Place of Publication | U.S. |
| Publisher | Palgrave |
| Pages | xi-xv |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781137501929 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781137501912 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Keywords
- Australia
- Latin America
- human geography
- relations