Early Australian VoyagesFront matterReading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterEARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTONINTRODUCTION.VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29.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 ROTTERDAMChapter 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.AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700. (continued 2)Beginning of this editionNext chapter →EARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTONAll chapters and sections (28)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsEARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTONINTRODUCTION.VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29.THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 1642-43.Chapters123456789101112131415161718192021Other sectionsAN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700.AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700. (continued 2)Transcribed from the 1886 Cassell & Company edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk◇EARLY AUSTRALIAN VOYAGES BY JOHN PINKERTON →