new-holland

Updated: May 11, 2025

Atterley now looked down again through the telescope, and found the earth surprisingly diminished in its apparent dimensions, from the increased rapidity of their ascent; the eastern coasts of Asia were still full in view, as well as the whole figure of that extensive continent of New-Holland, of Ceylon and of Borneo; but the smaller islands were invisible.

George Tucker - A Voyage to the Moon