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By direction of the
Dutch East India Company. [Taken from his original Journal.]
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The Occasion And Design Of This Voyage |
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Captain Tasman Sails From Batavia, August 14, 1642 |
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Remarks On The Variation Of The Needle |
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He Discovers A New Country To Which He Gives The Name Of Van Diemen's Land |
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Sails From Thence For New Zealand |
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Visits The Island Of The Three Kings, And Goes In Search Of Other Islands Discovered By Schovten |
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Remarkable Occurrences In The Voyage |
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Observations On, And Explanation Of, The Variation Of The Compass |
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Discovers A New Island, Which He Calls Pylstaart Island |
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And Two Islands, To Which He Gives The Name Of Amsterdam And Rotterdam |
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And An Archipelago Of Twenty Small Islands |
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Occurrences In The Voyage |
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He Arrives At The Archipelago Of Anthong Java |
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His Arrival On The Coast Of New Guinea |
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Continues His Voyage Along That Coast |
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Arrives In The Neighborhood Of Burning Island, And Surveys The Whole Coast Of New Guinea |
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Comes To The Islands Of Jama And Moa |
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Prosecutes His Voyage To Ceram |
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Arrives Safely At Batavia, June 15, 1643 |
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Consequences Of Captain Tasman's Discoveries |
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Remarks Upon The Voyage |
Early Australian Voyages, 1886, John Pinkerton |
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