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

A documentary history of Dutch voyages to the great southern land, tracing how the navigators of the Netherlands charted the coasts of Australia long before the British arrived.

At a glance Long before Cook, the ships of the Dutch East India Company were feeling their way along… This study gathers the record of those voyages. What it's about The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia, 1606–1765… Drawing on the archives of Dutch exploration, it follows the navigators who mapped…

The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia, 1606–1765 chronicles the Dutch encounter with the Australian landmass across a century and a half, from the earliest recorded sightings to the era when the…