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Page 23
By 1606 they had stumbled on the north coast of Australia . By 1644 they were
able to draw in outline the coast from Cape York peninsula to the eastern end of
the Great Australian Bight , the southern tip of Tasmania , and part of the west
coast ...
By 1606 they had stumbled on the north coast of Australia . By 1644 they were
able to draw in outline the coast from Cape York peninsula to the eastern end of
the Great Australian Bight , the southern tip of Tasmania , and part of the west
coast ...
Page 25
It was the same with the Dutch discovery of the west coast . As early as 1611
Captain Brouwer had tried a new route from the Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta .
To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles ...
It was the same with the Dutch discovery of the west coast . As early as 1611
Captain Brouwer had tried a new route from the Cape of Good Hope to Djakarta .
To use the trade winds he sailed due east from Cape Town for four thousand
miles ...
Page 28
... were outlined : one was for the search for ' terra australis ' : the other was for
the exploration of the coast of the known Southland . So the commander was
instructed to do one of two things : either to sail to Mauritius , then south to
latitude fifty ...
... were outlined : one was for the search for ' terra australis ' : the other was for
the exploration of the coast of the known Southland . So the commander was
instructed to do one of two things : either to sail to Mauritius , then south to
latitude fifty ...
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Contents
THE EARLIEST TIMES TO CATHOLIC CHRISTENDOM | 5 |
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A History of Australia, Volume 1 A History of Australia, Charles Manning Hope Clark, ISBN 0522842356, 9780522842357 |
| Author | Charles Manning Hope Clark |
| Publisher | Melbourne University Press, 1963 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2008 |
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