Early Australian Voyages
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- Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier
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1. Front matter2. EARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTON3. INTRODUCTION.4. VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29.5. THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 1642-43.6. CHAPTER I: THE OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THIS VOYAGE.7. CHAPTER II: CAPTAIN TASMAN SAILS FROM BATAVIA, AUGUST 14, 1642.8. CHAPTER III: REMARKS ON THE VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE.9. CHAPTER IV: HE DISCOVERS A NEW COUNTRY TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.10. CHAPTER V: SAILS FROM THENCE FOR NEW ZEALAND.11. CHAPTER VI: VISITS THE ISLAND OF THE THREE KINGS, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF OTHER ISLANDS DISCOVERED BY SCHOVTEN.12. CHAPTER VII: REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.13. CHAPTER VIII: OBSERVATIONS ON, AND EXPLANATION OF, THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS.14. CHAPTER IX: DISCOVERS A NEW ISLAND, WHICH HE CALLS PYLSTAART ISLAND.15. CHAPTER X: AND TWO ISLANDS, TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM16. CHAPTER XI: AND AN ARCHIPELAGO OF TWENTY SMALL ISLANDS.17. CHAPTER XII: OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.18. CHAPTER XIII: HE ARRIVES AT THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ANTHONG JAVA.19. CHAPTER XIV: HIS ARRIVAL ON THE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.20. CHAPTER XV: CONTINUES HIS VOYAGE ALONG THAT COAST.21. CHAPTER XVI: ARRIVES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BURNING ISLAND, AND SURVEYS THE WHOLE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.22. CHAPTER XVII: COMES TO THE ISLANDS OF JAMA AND MOA.23. CHAPTER XVIII: PROSECUTES HIS VOYAGE TO CERAM.24. CHAPTER XIX: ARRIVES SAFELY AT BATAVIA, JUNE 15, 1643.25. CHAPTER XX: CONSEQUENCES OF CAPTAIN TASMAN’S DISCOVERIES.26. CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE.27. AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700.28. AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700. (continued 2)