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: ''Australasia'' is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also distinct from Micronesia (to the northeast). | : ''Australasia'' is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also distinct from Micronesia (to the northeast). | ||
: Australasia is a region of Oceania: [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]], the island of [[New Guinea]], and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. | |||
[[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] are the largest countries in this region. | [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] are the largest countries in this region. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:20, 17 September 2009
Wikipedia [1] notes that:
- Australasia is a term variably used to describe a region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean. The term was coined by Charles de Brosses in Histoire des navigations aux terres australes (1756). He derived it from the Latin for "south of Asia" and differentiated the area from Polynesia (to the east) and the southeast Pacific (Magellanica). It is also distinct from Micronesia (to the northeast).
- Australasia is a region of Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, the island of New Guinea, and neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
Australia and New Zealand are the largest countries in this region.
See also Oceania, regarded by us as a separate continental region.
Pages in category "Australasia"
The following 50 pages are in this category, out of 50 total.