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 / / edited by R.H. Major
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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 / / edited by R.H. Major
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, FL : , : Hakluyt Society, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018] |
| ©2010 | |
| Edizione: | First edition. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 v. (various pagings) : maps |
| Disciplina: | 994.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Voyages and travels |
| Discoveries in geography - Portuguese | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Australia Discovery and exploration |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Persona (resp. second.): | MajorR. H (Richard Henry), %d1818-1891 |
| Note generali: | Reprint. Originally published: London, 1859. |
| Nota di contenuto: | chapter A MEMORIAL ADDRESSED TO His CATHOLIC MAJESTY PHILIP THE THIRD, KING OF SPAIN, by Dr. Juan Luis Arias, respecting the exploration, colonization, and con- version of the Southern Land, translated from the Spanish original - - - - - - -- chapter A translation, nearly literal, by Alexander Dalrymple, Esq, from a Spanish manuscript copy in his possession, reprinted from App. to Volume ii of Burney's -- chapter commencing January the 15th, 1644, and ending November the 29th following, reprinted from Dairymple's -- chapter THE VOYAGE AND SHIPWRECK OF CAPTAIN FRANCIS PEL- SAST, in the -- part VOYAGE OP GERRIT THOMASZ POOL TO THE SOITTH LAND. Translated from Valentyn's -- chapter DRAECK\ -- part DESCRIPTION or THE WEST COAST OP THE SOUTH LAND, by Captain Samuel Volkersen, of the pink -- chapter EXTRACT TRANSLATED PROM BURGOMASTER WITSEN'S -- chapter ACCOUNT OF THE OBSERVATIONS OP CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER on the coast of New Holland, in 1687-88, being an extract from his -- chapter EXTRACT PROM SLOAN MS., 3236, entitled -- part SOME PARTICULARS RELATING TO THE VOYAGE OP WILLEM DE VLAMINGH to New Holland in 1696. Extracted from MS. Documents at the Hague and translated from the Dutch - - -- chapter 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 \. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | From Spanish and Dutch sources and relating to Spanish and Dutch enterprises, edited, with an introduction - aseparate pamphlet dated 1861 and containing an article by Major on the discovery of Australia by the Portuguese in 1601. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1859. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Early voyages to Terra Australis, now called Australia |
| ISBN: | 1-317-14659-X |
| 1-315-57858-1 | |
| 1-282-89253-3 | |
| 9786612892530 | |
| 1-4094-1530-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910459430103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Hakluyt society, first series.