Three early encounters with the Southern Continent: Francis Pelsart’s wreck and the mutiny that followed in 1628-29, Abel Tasman’s 1642 voyage from Batavia that found Van Diemen’s Land, and William Dampier’s visit to the western coast. Henry Morley’s introduction sets them against centuries of speculation about a great land in the south.
Primary accounts of the European discovery of Australia, for readers of exploration and maritime history. Download the free EPUB.