Early Australian Voyages

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Author

Pinkerton, John, 1758-1826

Title

Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier

Credits

Transcribed from the 1886 Cassell & Company edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Dampier, William, 1652-1715

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2660

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2660

Release Date

June 1, 2001

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTON
2. 2.INTRODUCTION.
3. 3.VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29. — REMARKS.
4. 4.THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 1642-43. — CHAPTER I: THE OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THIS VOYAGE. — CHAPTER II: CAPTAIN TASMAN SAILS FROM BATAVIA, AUGUST 14, 1642. — CHAPTER III: REMARKS ON THE VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE. — CHAPTER IV: HE DISCOVERS A NEW COUNTRY TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND. — CHAPTER V: SAILS FROM THENCE FOR NEW ZEALAND. — CHAPTER VI: VISITS THE ISLAND OF THE THREE KINGS, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF OTHER ISLANDS DISCOVERED BY SCHOVTEN. — CHAPTER VII: REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE. — CHAPTER VIII: OBSERVATIONS ON, AND EXPLANATION OF, THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS. — CHAPTER IX: DISCOVERS A NEW ISLAND, WHICH HE CALLS PYLSTAART ISLAND. — CHAPTER X: AND TWO ISLANDS, TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM — CHAPTER XI: AND AN ARCHIPELAGO OF TWENTY SMALL ISLANDS. — CHAPTER XII: OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE. — CHAPTER XIII: HE ARRIVES AT THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ANTHONG JAVA. — CHAPTER XIV: HIS ARRIVAL ON THE COAST OF NEW GUINEA. — CHAPTER XV: CONTINUES HIS VOYAGE ALONG THAT COAST. — CHAPTER XVI: ARRIVES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BURNING ISLAND, AND SURVEYS THE WHOLE COAST OF NEW GUINEA. — CHAPTER XVII: COMES TO THE ISLANDS OF JAMA AND MOA. — CHAPTER XVIII: PROSECUTES HIS VOYAGE TO CERAM. — CHAPTER XIX: ARRIVES SAFELY AT BATAVIA, JUNE 15, 1643. — CHAPTER XX: CONSEQUENCES OF CAPTAIN TASMAN’S DISCOVERIES. — CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE.
5. 5.AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700.

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