The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765

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Title: The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia
1606-1765
Author: J. E. Heeres
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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 IN COMMEMORATION 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 in the work
List of Maps and Figures
Introduction
DOCUMENTS: I. Dutch notions respecting the Southland in 1595 II.
Notices of the south-coast of New Guinea in 1602 III. Voyage of the
ship Duifken under command of Willem Jansz(oon) and Jan
Lodewijkszoon Rosingeyn to New Guinea.--Discovery of the east-coast

of the present Gulf of Carpentaria (1605-1606) IV. Fresh expedition to
New Guinea by the ship Duifken (1607) V. Voyage of the ships
Eendracht and Hoorn, commanded by Jacques Le Maire and Willem
Corneliszoon Schouten through the Pacific Ocean and along the
north-coast of New Guinea (1616) VI. Project for the further discovery
of the Southland--Nova Guinea (1616) VII. Voyage of de Eendracht
under command of Dirk Hartogs(zoon). Discovery of the West-coast of
Australia in 1616: Dirk Hartogs-island and -road, Land of the
Eendracht or Eendrachtsland (1616) VIII. Voyage of the ship Zeewolf,
from the Netherlands to India, under the command of supercargo Pieter
Dirkszoon and skipper Haevik Claeszoon van Hillegom.--Further
discovery of the West-coast of Australia (1618) IX. Voyage of the ship
Mauritius from the Netherlands to India under the command of
supercargo Willem Jansz. or Janszoon and skipper Lenaert
Jacobsz(oon). Further discovery of the West-coast of
Australia.--Willems-rivier (1618) X. Further discovery of the
South-coast of New-Guinea by the ship Het Wapen van Amsterdam?
(1619?) XI. Voyage of the ships Dordrecht and Amsterdam under
commander Frederik De Houtman, supercargo Jacob Dedel, and
skipper Reyer Janszoon van Buiksloot and Maarten Corneliszoon(?)
from the Netherlands to the East-Indies.--Further discovery of the
West-coast of Australia: Dedelsland and Houtman's Abrolhos (1619)
XII. Voyage of the ship Leeuwin from the Netherlands to
Java.--Discovery of the South-West coast of Australia.--Leeuwin's land
(1622) XIII. The Triall. (English discovery)--The ship Wapen van
Hoorn touches at the West-coast of Australia.--New projects for
discovery made by the supreme government at Batavia (1622) XIV.
Voyage of the ships Pera and Arnhem, under command of Jan
Carstenszoon or Carstensz., Dirk Meliszoon and Willem Joosten van
Colster or Van Coolsteerdt.--Further discovery of the South-West coast
of New Guinea. Discovery of the Gulf of Carpentaria (1623) XV.
Voyage of the ship Leiden, commanded by skipper Klaas
Hermansz(oon) from the Netherlands to Java.--Further discovery of the
West-coast of Australia (1623) XVI. Discovery of the Tortelduif island
(rock) (1624?) XVII. Voyage of the ship Leijden, commanded by
skipper Daniel Janssen Cock, from the Netherlands to Java. Further
discovery of the West-coast of Australia (1626) XVIII. Discovery of

the South-West coast of Australia by the ship Het Gulden Zeepaard,
commanded by Pieter Nuijts, member of the Council of India, and by
skipper Francois Thijssen or Thijszoon (1627) XIX. Voyage of the
ships Galias, Utrecht and Texel, commanded by Governor-General Jan
Pieterszoon Coen.--Further discovery of the West-coast of Australia
(1627) XX. Voyage of the ship Het Wapen van Hoorn, commanded by
supercargo J. Van Roosenbergh.--Further discovery of the West-coast
of Australia (1627) XXI. Discovery of the North-West coast of
Australia by the ship Vianen (Viane, Viana), commanded by Gerrit
Frederikszoon De Witt.--De Witt's land (1628) XXII. Discovery of
Jacob Remessens-, Remens-, or Rommer-river, south of Willems-river
(before 1629) XXIII. Shipwreck of the ship Batavia under commander
Francois Pelsaert on Houtmans Abrolhos. Further discovery of the
West-coast of Australia (1629) XXIV. Further surveyings of the
West-coast of Australia by the ship Amsterdam under commander
Wollebrand Geleynszoon De Jongh and skipper Pieter Dircksz, on her
voyage from the Netherlands to the East Indies (1635) XXV. New
discoveries on the North-coast