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... Batavia by 1638 , and in 1639 was appointed second - in- command of a Dutch expedition to Japan . There was , it seems , a dark side to his character , for the man was driven by some flaw in his make - up to take pleasure in tormenting ...
... Batavia by 1638 , and in 1639 was appointed second - in- command of a Dutch expedition to Japan . There was , it seems , a dark side to his character , for the man was driven by some flaw in his make - up to take pleasure in tormenting ...
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... Batavia . He reached Batavia on 10 August 1644 , the whole voyage taking six and a half months , another example of his caution or prudence , for they had been victualled for eight months . The Council in Batavia was bitterly ...
... Batavia . He reached Batavia on 10 August 1644 , the whole voyage taking six and a half months , another example of his caution or prudence , for they had been victualled for eight months . The Council in Batavia was bitterly ...
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... Batavia . So even as late as 1696-7 Willem de Vlamingh , to aid such navigation , charted the coast from south of the entrance to Swan River to Willem's River , finding it as all his predecessors had done , an arid , barren and wild ...
... Batavia . So even as late as 1696-7 Willem de Vlamingh , to aid such navigation , charted the coast from south of the entrance to Swan River to Willem's River , finding it as all his predecessors had done , an arid , barren and wild ...
Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 23 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
THE BEGINNING OF SYDNEY COVE | 73 |
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