  | A Memorial addressed to His Catholic Majesty Philip the Third, King of Spain, by Dr. Juan Luis Arias, respecting the exploration, colonization, and conversion of the Southern Land, translated from the Spanish original | 1 | | | Relation of Luis Vaez de Torres, concerning the discoveries of Quiros, as his Almirante. Dated Manila, July 12, 1607. A translation, nearly literal, by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq., from a Spanish manuscript copy in his possession, reprinted from App. to vol. ii of Burney’s “Discoveries in the South Sea” | 31 | | | Extract from the Book of Dispatches from Batavia; commencing January the 15th, 1644, and ending November the 29th following, reprinted from Dalrymple’s “Collections Concerning Papua” | 43 | | | The Voyage and Shipwreck of Captain Francis Pelsart, in the “Batavia,” on the coast of New Holland, and his succeeding adventures, translated from Thevenot’s “Recueil de Voyages Curieux” | 59 | | | Voyage of Gerrit Thomasz Pool to the South Land. Translated from Valentyn’s “Beschryvingh van Banda” | 75 | | | Account of the Wreck of the ship “De Vergulde Draeck” on the South Land, and the expeditions undertaken, both from Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope, in search of the survivors and money and goods which might be found on the wreck, and of the small success which attended them. Extracted from MS. documents at the Hague, and translated from the Dutch | 77 | | | Description of the West Coast of the South Land, by Captain Samuel Volkersen, of the pink “Waeckende Boey,” which sailed from Batavia on the 1st of January 1658, and returned on the 19th of April of the same year. Extracted from MS. Documents at the Hague and translated from the Dutch | 89 | | | Extract translated from Burgomaster Witsen’s “Noord en Oost Tartarye” | 91 | | | Account of the Observations of Captain William Dampier on the coast of New Holland, in 1687–88, being an extract from his “New Voyage round the World” | 99 | | | Extract from Sloan MS., 3236, entitled “The Adventures of William Dampier, with others [1686–87], who left Captain Sherpe in the South Seas, and travaled back over land through the country of Darien” | 108 | | | Some Particulars relating to the Voyage of Willem de Vlamingh to New Holland in 1696. Extracted from MS. Documents at the Hague and translated from the Dutch | 112 | | | Extract from the Journal of a Voyage made to the unexplored South Land, by order of the Dutch East India Company, in the years 1696 and 1697, by the hooker “De Nyptang,” the ship “De Geelvink,” and the galiot “De Wesel,” and the return to Batavia. From MS. Documents at the Hague: translated from the Dutch | 120 | | | Account of the Observations of Captain William Dampier on the coast of New Holland, in 1699, being an extract from “a Voyage to New Holland, etc., in the year 1699” | 134 | | | A written Detail of the Discoveries and Noticeable Occurrences in the voyage of the fluyt “Vossenbosch,” the sloop “D’Waijer,” and the patsjallang “Nova Hollandia,” despatched by the government of India, anno 1705, from Batavia by way of Timor to New Holland. From MS. Documents at the Hague: translated from the Dutch | 165 | | | The Houtman’s Abrolhos in 1727, translated from a publication entitled “De Houtman’s Abrolhos,” by Captain P. A. Leupe, of the Dutch Navy | 176 |
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