The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Part Borne by the Dutch in the
Discovery of Australia 1606-1765, by J. E. Heeres

This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

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

Author: J. E. Heeres

Release Date: January 3, 2006 [EBook #17450]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA ***

Produced by Colin Choat

NOTE:
* Refer to the note at the end of this ebook for an explanation, by Peter
Reynders, of usage regarding 17th Century Dutch Surnames.

* * * * *

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

* * *

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

* * *

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 Mau