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... unknown South - land " . The sailing directions given to Tasman contain certain passages of geographical interest . He was directed to go to Mauritius , and from there to sail directly southward " until you come upon the unknown South ...
... unknown South - land " . The sailing directions given to Tasman contain certain passages of geographical interest . He was directed to go to Mauritius , and from there to sail directly southward " until you come upon the unknown South ...
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... unknown to Europeans . The authorities in Java were not quite satisfied with Tasman's report on his return . The Governor - General commented : " ... which land they have christened Anthony Van Diemen's Land , without however , being ...
... unknown to Europeans . The authorities in Java were not quite satisfied with Tasman's report on his return . The Governor - General commented : " ... which land they have christened Anthony Van Diemen's Land , without however , being ...
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... unknown country . Of the total period of 55 months , he spent 38 in the field , never sure of water , always sure of scurvy . On his last journey when he had , after many disappointments , crossed the continent , he became so ill with ...
... unknown country . Of the total period of 55 months , he spent 38 in the field , never sure of water , always sure of scurvy . On his last journey when he had , after many disappointments , crossed the continent , he became so ill with ...
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