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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

Vlamingh, Willem de, voyage, cviii, 111;
   inscription on the plate on Dirk Hartog’s island, lxxxi

 Volckersen, Samuel, captain of the Waeckende Boey, account, 89

 Vossenbosch Bay, on the coast of New Holland, 172

 Vossenbosch, fluyt, discoveries, 165 seqq.

 Waeckende Boey, sent in search of the wreck of the Vergulde Draeck, cv,
    80;
   loses boat, schuyt, and fourteen men, 84

 Water serpents, seen by Dampier, 148

 Wesel, yacht, expedition to New Guinea, 46

 Weseltje, galiot, unsuccessful expedition to the island of Mony, 116

 Weasel, shallop, 75

 Weybehays, fighting against Cornelis, 70;
   takes him prisoner, 71

 Wielingen, the, on the Zeeland Bank, 182

 Witsen, Burgomaster, his notes the only account of Tasman’s voyage,
    xcviii;
   extract from his “Noord en Oost Tartarye,” 91

 Witte Valck, sent to the rescue of the men and specie of the Vergulde
    Draeck, 78

 Wytfliet, Cornelius, on “Australis Terra,” lxix

 Wijck J. Roelandszoon, van, _v._ Roelandszoon

 Zeachen, (ship Zeehaen), supposed native of Arnheim made discoverer of
    Arnheim’s Land, lxxxv

 Zebu, Spanish colony founded at, lxx

 Zeehaen, ship, lxxxv

 Zeemeuw, yacht, destined for the discovery of New Guinea, 43, 47

 Zeewijck, wreck, 176;
   remains found, 179;
   communication respecting the wreck, 179

 Zeewijk, channel, 179

 Zuysdorp, wreck, 178

                  T. RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.

[Illustration:

  Outline Chart
  of
  TERRA AUSTRALIS
  or
  AUSTRALIA.
]

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                                 ON THE
           DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA BY THE PORTUGUESE IN 1601.

                                   BY

                       R. H. MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A.

                                 BEING

   A SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOLUME OF “EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS.”

  _Extract from a letter addressed to_ SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., “_On the
    Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601, five years before
    the earliest discovery hitherto recorded; communicated to the
    Society of Antiquaries, by_ RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A.,” _now
    distributed to the Members of the Hakluyt Society for insertion as a
    Supplement to the Volume of “Early Voyages to Terra Australis,” by
    the same author_.

                 _From the_ ARCHÆOLOGIA. VOL. XXXVIII.

                Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese
                                IN 1601.

             EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H.

                                               _British Museum,
                                                       March 1st, 1861._

 MY DEAR SIR HENRY,

                  *       *       *       *       *

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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

Vlamingh, Willem de, voyage, cviii, 111;
   inscription on the plate on Dirk Hartog’s island, lxxxi

 Volckersen, Samuel, captain of the Waeckende Boey, account, 89

 Vossenbosch Bay, on the coast of New Holland, 172

 Vossenbosch, fluyt, discoveries, 165 seqq.

 Waeckende Boey, sent in search of the wreck of the Vergulde Draeck, cv,
    80;
   loses boat, schuyt, and fourteen men, 84

 Water serpents, seen by Dampier, 148

 Wesel, yacht, expedition to New Guinea, 46

 Weseltje, galiot, unsuccessful expedition to the island of Mony, 116

 Weasel, shallop, 75

 Weybehays, fighting against Cornelis, 70;
   takes him prisoner, 71

 Wielingen, the, on the Zeeland Bank, 182

 Witsen, Burgomaster, his notes the only account of Tasman’s voyage,
    xcviii;
   extract from his “Noord en Oost Tartarye,” 91

 Witte Valck, sent to the rescue of the men and specie of the Vergulde
    Draeck, 78

 Wytfliet, Cornelius, on “Australis Terra,” lxix

 Wijck J. Roelandszoon, van, _v._ Roelandszoon

 Zeachen, (ship Zeehaen), supposed native of Arnheim made discoverer of
    Arnheim’s Land, lxxxv

 Zebu, Spanish colony founded at, lxx

 Zeehaen, ship, lxxxv

 Zeemeuw, yacht, destined for the discovery of New Guinea, 43, 47

 Zeewijck, wreck, 176;
   remains found, 179;
   communication respecting the wreck, 179

 Zeewijk, channel, 179

 Zuysdorp, wreck, 178

                  T. RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.

[Illustration:

  Outline Chart
  of
  TERRA AUSTRALIS
  or
  AUSTRALIA.
]

------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 ON THE
           DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA BY THE PORTUGUESE IN 1601.

                                   BY

                       R. H. MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A.

                                 BEING

   A SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOLUME OF “EARLY VOYAGES TO TERRA AUSTRALIS.”

  _Extract from a letter addressed to_ SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H., “_On the
    Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601, five years before
    the earliest discovery hitherto recorded; communicated to the
    Society of Antiquaries, by_ RICHARD HENRY MAJOR, ESQ., F.S.A.,” _now
    distributed to the Members of the Hakluyt Society for insertion as a
    Supplement to the Volume of “Early Voyages to Terra Australis,” by
    the same author_.

                 _From the_ ARCHÆOLOGIA. VOL. XXXVIII.

                Discovery of Australia by the Portuguese
                                IN 1601.

             EXTRACT FROM A LETTER TO SIR HENRY ELLIS, K.H.

                                               _British Museum,
                                                       March 1st, 1861._

 MY DEAR SIR HENRY,

                  *       *       *       *       *

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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