The Discovery of AustraliaNotes on early voyagers to southern seas & claimants to sighting Australia; list of 24 maps from 10c. to 1798 with notes Schouten & Le Maire (1616) compared inhabitants of New Guinea as superior to Aborigines; Abel Tasman (1642-4) names given by him, quotes from journal, map; W. Dampier (1688) impressions of the land, inhabitants, appearance, food supplies, weapons; second visit (1699), encounter with natives; Cooks discoveries (1770); Marion du Fresne (1772) arrived Tasmania; p.61-75; Cooks second & third voyages, copies of 10 letters; carved & stained shield from Botany Bay. |
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Abrolhos Admiralty Adventure afterwards Amsterdam Anthony Van Diemen appear atlas Batavia Black Swan boats British Museum called Cape Captain Cook Carved century charts command Cook's course crew Dalrymple Dampier dated Dear Sir Diemen Diemen's Land discovered Dutch Dutch East India East India Company Endeavour English expedition explored Forster French gold Governor Guinea Holland honour Hope Houtman's Indies JAMES COOK Java Jean Rotz journal King leagues letter likewise Lord Sandwich mariners Mile End Moluccas natives navigator observed Otaheite Pacific Portugal Portuguese possession probably Quiros reached remarks Resolution River Rottenest Island sailors savages says second voyage Section of Map set sail ship ship's shipwreck shore Sir Joseph Banks South Land South Sea Southern Continent Spanish story Straits strange Tasman Terra Australis Texel Torres Van Diemen's Land Vergulde Draeck vessels visited weighed anchor west coast Windsor Castle Zealand