The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888Compiled from state documents, private papers and the most authentic sources of informationIssued under the auspices of the governments of the Australian colonies . Soulmats AbnlhoTurlleDovv ^ ^^^»:>^ MAP, \. SHEWING TASMANS ACCEPTED TRACK ON HIS SECONDVOYAGE TO Nr)RTH AND NORTH-WEST COAST,1644.^ (From Majors Early Navlgrators) r Turner <t Henderson. LItho. INTRODUCTION. 27 intending, by Gods blessing, to make my escape the first placeI came neare. His notes on this occasion refer chiefly to thenatives seen, whose personal appearance
The history of Australian exploration from 1788 to 1888Compiled from state documents, private papers and the most authentic sources of informationIssued under the auspices of the governments of the Australian colonies . Soulmats AbnlhoTurlleDovv ^ ^^^»:>^ MAP, \. SHEWING TASMANS ACCEPTED TRACK ON HIS SECONDVOYAGE TO Nr)RTH AND NORTH-WEST COAST,1644.^ (From Majors Early Navlgrators) r Turner <t Henderson. LItho. INTRODUCTION. 27 intending, by Gods blessing, to make my escape the first placeI came neare. His notes on this occasion refer chiefly to thenatives seen, whose personal appearance and habits he considersalike equally disgusting and repulsive. Towards the end of the year 1696, William de Vlaming, insearch of the Ridderschap, a missing ship supposed to havebeen wrecked on the coast of New Holland, came to the GreatSouth Land. He found and named the Swan River, this beingthe first mention ever made of black swans, two specimens ofwhich were captured and taken to Batavia. At Dirk HartogsRoad, he found, as before-mentioned, the tin plate left by thatcaptain, and after a careful examination of the coast so far asthe North-west Cape, left for Batavia. Dampier now reappears on the scene in char
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