Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, (1993). Hardcover first edition - From Library Journal: "Austral utopian fiction was popular from the late 16th to the early 17th centuries in Europe. This early literary tradition was the outgrowth of the secrecy surrounding early exploratory voyages to Australia and the nearby islands. Fausett, a New Zealand scholar and translator, attempts to correlate the factual evidence (geographies, atlases, and factual accounts) with evidence in the more plentiful fiction on the subject. One of his important contributions is the chronicling of these often bizarre Austral utopias, with synopses of the major works from the period and their influence on later literature such as Robinson Crusoe." A title in the Utopianism and Communitarianism series. Illustrated. Extensive notes, bibliography, index. x, 237 pp. ISBN: 0-815625855.