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... Cook reached the northern extremity of the mainland at Cape York on 21st August 1770. There is some evidence that Cook knew of Torres's journey westward between New Guinea and Australia , for knowledge of the Dutchman's journal had ...
... Cook reached the northern extremity of the mainland at Cape York on 21st August 1770. There is some evidence that Cook knew of Torres's journey westward between New Guinea and Australia , for knowledge of the Dutchman's journal had ...
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... Cook was sent out on his second expedition in charge of two vessels , the Resolution commanded by Cook himself , and the Adventure commanded by Furneaux . He was instructed not only to circumnavigate the whole world in high southern ...
... Cook was sent out on his second expedition in charge of two vessels , the Resolution commanded by Cook himself , and the Adventure commanded by Furneaux . He was instructed not only to circumnavigate the whole world in high southern ...
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... Cook's Providential Channel , just to the east of Cape Weymouth . Keeping a northward route nearer to the coast than that of Cook , he rounded Cape York on 3rd June 1789 , passed through Endeavour Strait and then round the north of ...
... Cook's Providential Channel , just to the east of Cape Weymouth . Keeping a northward route nearer to the coast than that of Cook , he rounded Cape York on 3rd June 1789 , passed through Endeavour Strait and then round the north of ...
Contents
The Dutch Discovery of Australia | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
IV | 47 |
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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 Albert River Barcoo base camp Bathurst Brisbane Burke Colonial Office continent Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert discovered discovery Dutch east eastern eastward examined expedition exploration Fitzroy Flinders followed Forrest geographical Giles Governor Gregory's Guinea Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java Journal journey King knowledge Lachlan Lagoon Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigable north-east north-west northern northward Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington Queensland Range Rawlinson Range reached region returned route sailed salt settlement South Australia South Wales south-east south-west southern southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt Creek survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence track travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton waterless west coast Western Australia westward Zealand