Early Voyages to Terra Australis, Now Called Australia: / A Collection of Documents, and Extracts from Early Manuscript Maps, Illustrative of the History of Discovery on the Coasts of That Vast Island, from the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century to the Time of Captain Cook.

Richard Henry Major

CONTENTS.

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE BINDER.

INTRODUCTION.

A MEMORIAL ADDRESSED TO HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY PHILIP THE THIRD,

RELATION OF LUIS VAEZ DE TORRES, CONCERNING THE DISCOVERIES OF

EXTRACT FROM THE BOOK OF DISPATCHES FROM BATAVIA; COMMENCING

THE VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF CAPTAIN FRANCIS PELSART, IN THE

VOYAGE OF GERRIT THOMASZ POOL TO THE SOUTH LAND.

ACCOUNT OF THE WRECK OF THE SHIP " DE VERGULDE DRAECK " ON THE

DESCRIPTION OF THE WEST COAST OF THE SOUTH LAND, BY THE CAPTAIN

EXTRACT TRANSLATED FROM BURGOMASTER WITSEN'S " NOORD EN OOST TARTARYE ."

ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER ON THE

EXTRACT FROM SLOAN MS. 3236, ENTITLED "THE ADVENTURES OF

SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE VOYAGE OF WILLEM DE VLAMINGH TO NEW HOLLAND IN 1696.

APPENDIX I.

APPENDIX II.

EXTRACT FROM THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE MADE TO THE UNEXPLORED

ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER ON THE (2)

A WRITTEN DETAIL OF THE DISCOVERIES AND NOTICEABLE OCCURRENCES

THE HOUTMAN'S ABROLHOS IN 1727, TRANSLATED FROM A PUBLICATION

INDEX.

ON THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA BY THE PORTUGUESE IN 1601.

Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese IN 1601.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber’s Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

WORKS ISSUED BY

The Hakluyt Society.

EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS, NOW CALLED AUSTRALIA.

M DCCC.LIX.

EARLY VOYAGES
TO
TERRA AUSTRALIS,
NOW CALLED
AUSTRALIA:
A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS, AND EXTRACTS FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPT MAPS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY ON THE COASTS OF THAT VAST ISLAND, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE TIME OF CAPTAIN COOK.

Edited, with an Introduction, by

R. H. MAJOR, Esq., F.S.A.

“You have kindly permitted me to dedicate to you this result of my investigations respecting the early explorations of Australia. To none can a book on such a subject be more appropriately offered than to yourself. To you geographers are pre-eminently indebted for the promotion of Australian exploration in recent times, while your ever-memorable scientific anticipation of the discovery of the Australian gold fields must connect your name inseparably with the history of a country, whose future greatness can be foreseen, but cannot be estimated.

I remain,
Dear Sir Roderick,
With much respect,
Yours very faithfully,
R. H. Major.

British Museum,

August, 1859.

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EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS, NOW CALLED AUSTRALIA: A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS, AND EXTRACTS FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPT MAPS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY ON THE COASTS OF THAT VAST ISLAND, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE TIME OF CAPTAIN COOK.

EARLY VOYAGES
TO
TERRA AUSTRALIS,
NOW CALLED
AUSTRALIA:
A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS, AND EXTRACTS FROM EARLY MANUSCRIPT MAPS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY ON THE COASTS OF THAT VAST ISLAND, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY TO THE TIME OF CAPTAIN COOK.