Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier. John Pinkerton

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664611918

      Table of Contents

       INTRODUCTION.

       VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29.

       REMARKS.

       THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 1642-43.

       CHAPTER I: THE OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THIS VOYAGE.

       CHAPTER II: CAPTAIN TASMAN SAILS FROM BATAVIA, AUGUST 14, 1642.

       CHAPTER III: REMARKS ON THE VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE.

       CHAPTER IV: HE DISCOVERS A NEW COUNTRY TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.

       CHAPTER V: SAILS FROM THENCE FOR NEW ZEALAND.

       CHAPTER VI: VISITS THE ISLAND OF THE THREE KINGS, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF OTHER ISLANDS DISCOVERED BY SCHOVTEN.

       CHAPTER VII: REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.

       CHAPTER VIII: OBSERVATIONS ON, AND EXPLANATION OF, THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS.

       CHAPTER IX: DISCOVERS A NEW ISLAND, WHICH HE CALLS PYLSTAART ISLAND.

       CHAPTER X: AND TWO ISLANDS, TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM

       CHAPTER XI: AND AN ARCHIPELAGO OF TWENTY SMALL ISLANDS.

       CHAPTER XII: OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.

       CHAPTER XIII: HE ARRIVES AT THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ANTHONG JAVA.

       CHAPTER XIV: HIS ARRIVAL ON THE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.

       CHAPTER XV: CONTINUES HIS VOYAGE ALONG THAT COAST.

       CHAPTER XVI: ARRIVES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BURNING ISLAND, AND SURVEYS THE WHOLE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.

       CHAPTER XVII: COMES TO THE ISLANDS OF JAMA AND MOA.

       CHAPTER XVIII: PROSECUTES HIS VOYAGE TO CERAM.

       CHAPTER XIX: ARRIVES SAFELY AT BATAVIA, JUNE 15, 1643.

       CHAPTER XX: CONSEQUENCES OF CAPTAIN TASMAN’S DISCOVERIES.

       CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE.

       AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700.