A fantastic account of the voyages of Francisco Pelsaert, Abel Janszoon Tasman and William Dampier written by Scottish antiquarian, cartographer, author, numismatist and historian John Pinkerton.

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In "Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier," John Pinkerton offers a meticulously crafted examination of the formative maritime expeditions that shaped Australia's early European presence. Through a blend of narrative and analysis, Pinkerton delves into the voyages of pivotal figures such as François Pelsart, Abel Tasman, and William Dampier, presenting their explorations not merely as historical events but as significant cultural encounters that influenced Europe's understandi...

AMONG the many ages or periods in this world’s existence,—ages and periods which have been separated and classified, according to the fancy of historians, as the “Dark,” the “Mythical,” the “Classical,” or the “Mediæval,”—it is doubtful whether there has ever been one which has so richly merited the pre-eminent and prominent label of “Sham” writ across it as this, our own blessed and enlightened time. If any pride can be taken in the fact, let those who will be proud. For never in all the ...

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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...

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In the days of Plato, imagination found its way, before the mariners, to a new world across the Atlantic, and fabled an Atlantis where America now stands. In the days of Francis Bacon, imagination of the English found its way to the great Southern Continent before the Portuguese or Dutch sailors had sight of it, and it was the home of those wise students of God and nature to whom Bacon gave his New Atlantis. The discoveries of America date from the close of the fifteenth century. The discover...

In "Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier," John Pinkerton meticulously chronicles the formative explorations that shaped Australia's early European narrative. The book navigates through the accounts of three pivotal figures'—Pelsart, Tasman, and Dampier'—while leveraging a narrative style that elegantly combines analytical rigor with vivid storytelling. Pinkerton situates these voyages within the broader context of the Age of Exploration, illuminating the motivations, experie...

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