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The story of Australasia: New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand

Greville Philipps Tregarthen · 1893 · Scanned text · Free in the US

107,715 words · about 7 h 33 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
Greville Philipps Tregarthen
Language
English
Published
1893
Length
107,715 words · about 7 h 33 min
Sections
5 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States · PD-US by publication date

 

Contents (5)
  1. Front matter about 2 min
  2. I under 1 min
  3. II about 7 h 22 min
  4. Appendix about 1 min
  5. Index about 8 min

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Front matter

STORY Se NATIONS

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I

The motive for maritime discovery—De Gonneville—The voyage of the Duyfhen—Dirk Hartog—Other Dutch Explorers—The wreck of the Batavia—Tasman—Dampier— William de Vlaming—The last Dutch Expedition—Cook— The transit of Venus—Cook sights the Great South Land— Botany Bay—Wreck of the Andeavowr—Banks—Marion du Fresne and De Surville.

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