Download or read book Discovering Indigenous Lands written by Robert J. Miller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-12 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North America, New Zealand and Australia were colonised by England under an international legal principle that is known today as the doctrine of discovery. This book analyses how this doctrine was used to gain control over the indigenous peoples, and how this control continues to this day.