* Refer to the note at the end ofthis ebook for an explanation, by Peter Reynders, of usage regarding 17th CenturyDutch Surnames.

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THE PART BORNE BY THE DUTCH IN THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA 1606-1765.

BY

J. E. HEERES, LL. D.

PROFESSOR AT THE DUTCH COLONIAL INSTITUTE DELFT

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PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL DUTCH GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY INCOMMEMORATION OF THE XXVth ANNIVERSARY OF ITS FOUNDATION

LONDON
LUZAC & CO, 46 GREAT RUSSELL STREET W. C.
1899

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CONTENTS.

List of books, discussed or referred to inthe work

List of Maps and Figures

Introduction

DOCUMENTS:
I. Dutch notions respecting the Southlandin 1595
II. Notices of the south-coast of NewGuinea in 1602
III. Voyage of the ship Duifken undercommand of Willem Jansz(oon) and Jan Lodewijkszoon Rosingeyn toNew Guinea.--Discovery of the east-coast of the present Gulf ofCarpentaria (1605-1606)
IV. Fresh expedition to New Guinea by theship Duifken (1607)
V. Voyage of the ships Eendracht and Hoorn,commanded by Jacques Le Maire and Willem Corneliszoon Schoutenthrough the Pacific Ocean and along the north-coast of New Guinea(1616)
VI. Project for the further discovery ofthe Southland--Nova Guinea (1616)
VII. Voyage of de Eendracht under commandof Dirk Hartogs(zoon). Discovery of the West-coast of Australiain 1616: Dirk Hartogs-island and -road, Land of the Eendracht orEendrachtsland (1616)
VIII. Voyage of the ship Zeewolf, from theNetherlands to India, under the command of supercargo PieterDirkszoon and skipper Haevik Claeszoon van Hillegom.--Furtherdiscovery of the West-coast of Australia (1618)
IX. Voyage of the ship Mauritius from theNetherlands to India under the command of supercargo WillemJansz. or Janszoon and skipper Lenaert Jacobsz(oon). Furtherdiscovery of the West-coast of Australia.--Willems-rivier(1618)
X. Further discovery of the South-coast ofNew-Guinea by the ship Het Wapen van Amsterdam? (1619?)
XI. Voyage of the ships Dordrecht andAmsterdam under commander Frederik De Houtman, supercargo JacobDedel, and skipper Reyer Janszoon van Buiksloot and MaartenCorneliszoon(?) from the Netherlands to the East-Indies.--Furtherdiscovery of the West-coast of Australia: Dedelsland andHoutman's Abrolhos (1619)
XII. Voyage of the ship Leeuwin from theNetherlands to Java.--Discovery of the South-West coast ofAustralia.--Leeuwin's land (1622)
XIII. The Triall. (English dis

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