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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.Major, Richard Henry

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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.

Name: 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.
Author: Major, Richard Henry

Major, Richard Henry

Australia -- Discovery and exploration; Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese; Voyages and travels

Touching the report of the Commissioners, who, in compliance with the
Commissarial resolution of the 8th c., have given due attention to the
subject of the search and inquiry after the ship _De Ridderschap van
Hollandt_, and to the inquiry to be connected therewith, viz., as to the
nature of the South Land, and of the islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam,
and matters connected therewith, together with the sending of an
expedition thither for the purpose of the inquiry;—on deliberation and
in conformity with the advice of the above-mentioned Commissioners, it
has been resolved and found good:—that the said voyage shall be
undertaken not from Batavia, as has been heretofore thought good, and in
favour of which this Assembly had given instructions in its missive to
the General and Council from the 10th of last month, and which is hereby
altered in so far—but from the Cape of Good Hope, and in the beginning
of October next; that for this purpose the Chamber Amsterdam shall equip
and get ready for sea by March next, a suitable frigate, 110–112 feet
long, to be built by the said Chamber, and which is to have the name of
_Geelvinck_, together with two sailing galiots, under the command of and
accompanied by the skipper Willem de Vlamingh, provided with such
necessaries as shall be thought proper.

That furthermore, the said De Vlamingh shall, if he can do so without
much loss of time, and as it were _en passant_, touch at the islands of
Tristan d’Acunha, on this side of the Cape, in 37´ south latitude, to
examine them as much as he can, and under such instructions as shall be
handed over to him. The Chamber Amsterdam being hereby once more
requested and authorized, to arrange and carry into execution what has
been said above with regard to the South Land and Tristan d’Acunha, and
to prepare such instructions as shall be thought proper.

Lastly, that De Vlamingh shall in his instructions be ordered to touch
on the islands St. Paul and Amsterdam, lying directly on his track
in ... degrees south latitude, and to examine their situations; also,
whether any signs of men from wrecked ships are to be found, especially
from the _Ridderschap van Hollandt_.




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.

                      PRINTED AT AMSTERDAM, 1701.

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History

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.

Major, Richard Henry

Australia -- Discovery and exploration; Discoveries in geography -- Portuguese; Voyages and travels

Touching the report of the Commissioners, who, in compliance with the
Commissarial resolution of the 8th c., have given due attention to the
subject of the search and inquiry after the ship _De Ridderschap van
Hollandt_, and to the inquiry to be connected therewith, viz., as to the
nature of the South Land, and of the islands of St. Paul and Amsterdam,
and matters connected therewith, together with the sending of an
expedition thither for the purpose of the inquiry;—on deliberation and
in conformity with the advice of the above-mentioned Commissioners, it
has been resolved and found good:—that the said voyage shall be
undertaken not from Batavia, as has been heretofore thought good, and in
favour of which this Assembly had given instructions in its missive to
the General and Council from the 10th of last month, and which is hereby
altered in so far—but from the Cape of Good Hope, and in the beginning
of October next; that for this purpose the Chamber Amsterdam shall equip
and get ready for sea by March next, a suitable frigate, 110–112 feet
long, to be built by the said Chamber, and which is to have the name of
_Geelvinck_, together with two sailing galiots, under the command of and
accompanied by the skipper Willem de Vlamingh, provided with such
necessaries as shall be thought proper.

That furthermore, the said De Vlamingh shall, if he can do so without
much loss of time, and as it were _en passant_, touch at the islands of
Tristan d’Acunha, on this side of the Cape, in 37´ south latitude, to
examine them as much as he can, and under such instructions as shall be
handed over to him. The Chamber Amsterdam being hereby once more
requested and authorized, to arrange and carry into execution what has
been said above with regard to the South Land and Tristan d’Acunha, and
to prepare such instructions as shall be thought proper.

Lastly, that De Vlamingh shall in his instructions be ordered to touch
on the islands St. Paul and Amsterdam, lying directly on his track
in ... degrees south latitude, and to examine their situations; also,
whether any signs of men from wrecked ships are to be found, especially
from the _Ridderschap van Hollandt_.




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.

                      PRINTED AT AMSTERDAM, 1701.

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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.

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