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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

people on shore savages, black, and quite naked, 64;
   country flat without vegetation, very large ant-hills only in view,
      65;
   quantities of flies, _ib._;
   see eight savages with clubs, _ib._
   T. G. Pool’s voyage, 75;
   description of the natives, their weapons, etc., 76–88;
   wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and expeditions undertaken, 67;
   seen by the “Pinck,” 85;
   headdress of the natives a kind of crown, 87;
   a wild cat and two seals seen, 84;
   natives use small hammers with wooden handles, and heads of hard
      stone, 88;
   description of the west coast by Volkersen, 89;
   the natives believe in some divinity in the serpent, 95;
   Australia supposed to be divided from New Guinea by a strait
      terminating in the South Sea, 97;
   sea between N. and Banda, called “Milk Sea,” on account, of its
      turning white, 97;
   Dampier’s account, 99;
   in his time unknown whether an island or a continent, 101;
   dry soil, yet producing trees, mostly dragon trees, 101;
   no animals, or beasts, few birds, few fish, but manatee and turtle;
      description of inhabitants, 102;
   their habits, etc., 103;
   no particular worship; weapons; no metal; language not known, 104;
   unsuccessful attempt to make them carry water; indifferent to cloth,
      106;
   Dampier took several of them, 107;
   W. Dampier’s adventures, from a Sloan MS., 108;
   W. de Vlamingh’s voyage, 112;
   a kind of scented wood found, 113;
   description of country and natives, 114;
   the inscription plate of the Eendraght, 115;
   expedition by the Nijptang, Geelvinck and Wesel, 120;
   a remarkable fish with a kind of arms and legs, 121;
   aromatic trees, rats as big as cats, 121;
   coast like that of Holland, easily approachable; smoke and fires seen
      on the main land, 122;
   nut of a certain tree causing vomiting; two black swans, 123;
   swans, rotganzen, geese, divers, 125;
   no trees, but briars and thorns, 126;
   two nests three fathoms in circumference, 129;
   Dampier’s voyage in 1699, 134;
   first signs of the land, 138;
   curious birds, scuttle-bones, sea-weeds, 139;
   soundings show coral ground, 140;
   landing attempted, 141;
   trees very short, 143;
   birds, animals, raccoons, curious guanos, 144;
   fish, 145;
   turtle weighing two hundred pounds, water serpents, 148;
   sea snakes, 151;
   Bluff-point, Rosemary Island, 154;
   fight with some natives, 158;
   account of them, 160;
   further description of the coast and its produce, 163;
   want of water, 164;
   discoveries of the Vossenbosch, D’ Waijer and Nova Hollandia, 165;
   description of the islanders, 169;
   about five hundred met with, 170;
   the supposition of Australia being an island, strengthened by the
      natives’ rude and barbarous character, 171;
   natives of Maria’s Land try to tow the patsjallang, 172;
   the Houtman’s Abrolhos, 176


 Bachian islands, king of, assisted by Quiros’ force, 41

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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

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

people on shore savages, black, and quite naked, 64;
   country flat without vegetation, very large ant-hills only in view,
      65;
   quantities of flies, _ib._;
   see eight savages with clubs, _ib._
   T. G. Pool’s voyage, 75;
   description of the natives, their weapons, etc., 76–88;
   wreck of the Vergulde Draeck and expeditions undertaken, 67;
   seen by the “Pinck,” 85;
   headdress of the natives a kind of crown, 87;
   a wild cat and two seals seen, 84;
   natives use small hammers with wooden handles, and heads of hard
      stone, 88;
   description of the west coast by Volkersen, 89;
   the natives believe in some divinity in the serpent, 95;
   Australia supposed to be divided from New Guinea by a strait
      terminating in the South Sea, 97;
   sea between N. and Banda, called “Milk Sea,” on account, of its
      turning white, 97;
   Dampier’s account, 99;
   in his time unknown whether an island or a continent, 101;
   dry soil, yet producing trees, mostly dragon trees, 101;
   no animals, or beasts, few birds, few fish, but manatee and turtle;
      description of inhabitants, 102;
   their habits, etc., 103;
   no particular worship; weapons; no metal; language not known, 104;
   unsuccessful attempt to make them carry water; indifferent to cloth,
      106;
   Dampier took several of them, 107;
   W. Dampier’s adventures, from a Sloan MS., 108;
   W. de Vlamingh’s voyage, 112;
   a kind of scented wood found, 113;
   description of country and natives, 114;
   the inscription plate of the Eendraght, 115;
   expedition by the Nijptang, Geelvinck and Wesel, 120;
   a remarkable fish with a kind of arms and legs, 121;
   aromatic trees, rats as big as cats, 121;
   coast like that of Holland, easily approachable; smoke and fires seen
      on the main land, 122;
   nut of a certain tree causing vomiting; two black swans, 123;
   swans, rotganzen, geese, divers, 125;
   no trees, but briars and thorns, 126;
   two nests three fathoms in circumference, 129;
   Dampier’s voyage in 1699, 134;
   first signs of the land, 138;
   curious birds, scuttle-bones, sea-weeds, 139;
   soundings show coral ground, 140;
   landing attempted, 141;
   trees very short, 143;
   birds, animals, raccoons, curious guanos, 144;
   fish, 145;
   turtle weighing two hundred pounds, water serpents, 148;
   sea snakes, 151;
   Bluff-point, Rosemary Island, 154;
   fight with some natives, 158;
   account of them, 160;
   further description of the coast and its produce, 163;
   want of water, 164;
   discoveries of the Vossenbosch, D’ Waijer and Nova Hollandia, 165;
   description of the islanders, 169;
   about five hundred met with, 170;
   the supposition of Australia being an island, strengthened by the
      natives’ rude and barbarous character, 171;
   natives of Maria’s Land try to tow the patsjallang, 172;
   the Houtman’s Abrolhos, 176


 Bachian islands, king of, assisted by Quiros’ force, 41

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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