The Golden Book of the Dutch Navigators
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
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About this eBook
- Author
- Van Loon, Hendrik Willem, 1882-1944
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Explorers -- Netherlands
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 45799
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45799
- Release Date
- May 28, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE GOLDEN BOOK OF THE DUTCH NAVIGATORS
- 2.HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
- 3.CHAPTER I JAN HUYGEN VAN LINSCHOTEN
- 4.CHAPTER II THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE
- 5.CHAPTER III THE TRAGEDY OF SPITZBERGEN
- 6.CHAPTER IV THE FIRST VOYAGE TO INDIA—FAILURE
- 7.CHAPTER V THE SECOND VOYAGE TO INDIA—SUCCESS
- 8.CHAPTER VI VAN NOORT CIRCUMNAVIGATES THE WORLD
- 9.CHAPTER VII THE ATTACK UPON THE WEST COAST OF AMERICA
- 10.CHAPTER VIII THE BAD LUCK OF CAPTAIN BONTEKOE
- 11.CHAPTER IX SCHOUTEN AND LE MAIRE DISCOVER A NEW STRAIT
- 12.CHAPTER X TASMAN EXPLORES AUSTRALIA
- 13.CHAPTER XI ROGGEVEEN, THE LAST OF THE GREAT VOYAGERS
- 14.Transcriber's Notes
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