The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765 by J. E. Heeres is a comprehensive historical account of Dutch exploration along the Australian coast, emphasizing the role of the Dutch East India Company in mapping and documenting this previously unknown land. The book outlines the expeditions undertaken by Dutch navigators, such as Willem Janszoon, Dirk Hartog, and Abel Tasman, who were among the first Europeans to chart parts of Australia's northern, western, and sout...

According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east. For around 40,000 years before Eu...

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents and IndexCONTENTS (abridged list)IntroductionI. Dutch notions respecting the Southland in 1595II. Notices of the south-coast of New Guinea in 1602III. Voyage of the ship DuifkenIV. Fresh expedition to New Guinea by the ship Duifken (1607)V. Voyage of the ships Eendracht and HoornVI. Project for the further discovery of the Southland--Nova Guinea (1616)

The extraordinary story of how Dutch sailors found Australia and an English pirate almost beat Captain CookRob Mundle is back on the water with another sweeping and powerful account of Australian maritime history. It is the story of 17th-century European mariners - sailors, adventurers and explorers - who became transfixed by the idea of the existence of a Great South Land: ‘Terra Australis Incognita'. Rob takes you aboard the tiny ship, Duyfken, in 1606 when Dutch navigator and ex...

Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted Australia and the whole coast of New Zealand, and brought back detailed descriptions of the natural history of the Pacific. Accounts based on Cook's journals were issued at the time, but it was not until this century that the original journals were published in Beaglehole's definitive edition. The JOURNALS tells the story of these vo...

A short Illustrated Narrative of Dr. Livingstone's expedition and his discoveries during the trip.

This book is the biography of Kamehameha the Great the first King of Hawaii

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE GREAT TRAVELS & TRAVELLERS - The Incredible True Tales of Celebrated Navigators and Their Journeys (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. This 3 Volume series takes the readers on an unforgettable journey from 505 BCE till 19th Century recounting extraordinary tales of exploration and navigators. Verne's knowledge is truly remarkable and vast which he has also used in his great science fiction classi...

Madagascar, that some called the Great Britain of Africa, is one of the largest islands in the world. It is said to have been discovered by Europeans in the year 1506. By the Portuguese it was called the island of St. Lawrence, either in honour of its discoverer, Lawrence Almeida, or, as stated by early writers, in accordance with a custom prevailing among them, in honour of the saint on whose day in the calendar it was first seen. The French, during the reign of Henry IV, called it Isle D...

For one whole winter we were cut off from the world and immured among the Greenlanders. I dwelt in their huts, took part in their hunting, and tried, as well as I could, to live their life and learn their language. But one winter, unfortunately, is far too short a time in which to attain a thorough knowledge of so peculiar a people, its civilisation, and its ways of thought—that would require years of patient study. Nevertheless, I have tried in this book to record the impressions made upo...

Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World by James Cook.

This edition features• illustrations• a linked Table of Contents.CONTENTSVOLUME I,THE PREFACE.CHAPTER 1.CHAPTER 2.CHAPTER 3.AN ACCOUNT OF SEVERAL PLANTS.AN ACCOUNT OF SOME FISHES.VOLUME IICHAPTER 1....CHAPTER 6.