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... England to frustrate the designs of Spain against their country . Amongst the famous navi- gators of this period , Francis Drake was one of the greatest . He was moved by a determination to attack the rich Spanish settlements on the ...
... England to frustrate the designs of Spain against their country . Amongst the famous navi- gators of this period , Francis Drake was one of the greatest . He was moved by a determination to attack the rich Spanish settlements on the ...
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... England before Cook's departure ; but Cook followed the natural and proper course of a naval explorer by keeping close to , and charting , the coast - line and turning westward as soon as the coast turned in that direction . He made no ...
... England before Cook's departure ; but Cook followed the natural and proper course of a naval explorer by keeping close to , and charting , the coast - line and turning westward as soon as the coast turned in that direction . He made no ...
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... England are endeavouring to promote my interest with the Home Government in procuring me something to live upon , after the accident that I received in my right hand , and have broken up my constitution with which I have returned after ...
... England are endeavouring to promote my interest with the Home Government in procuring me something to live upon , after the accident that I received in my right hand , and have broken up my constitution with which I have returned after ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I The Early Centuries of Ignorance I | 1 |
The Dutch Discovery of Australia 127 | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
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The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston No preview available - 1964 |
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A. C. Gregory Adelaide Archipelago Bathurst Bligh boats Brisbane Cape York coast of Australia Colonial Office Cook Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert Diemen's discovered discovery Dividing Range Dutch east eastern eastward England examined expedition exploration Flinders followed Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey King Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed Scale in Miles settlement ship South Australia South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia western coast westward Zealand