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A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699

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A Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699

William Dampier

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William Dampier sets out for the unknown coast of New Holland, touching the Canaries, the Cape Verdes, and the Brazilian port of Bahia along the way. His plain, sharp log records winds, shoals, birds, and shores with a rare naturalist's attention. A founding voyage of Pacific exploration. Weigh anchor for the far side of the world in 1699.

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22 chapters

  1. 1A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC.
  2. 2IN THE YEAR 1699.
  3. 3Wherein are described, The Canary Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago. The Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil. Cape Salvador. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrolho Shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast, etc. of New Holland. Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, etc. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, etc. Trees, plants, fruits, etc.
  4. 4Illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper plates.
  5. 5THE THIRD EDITION.
  6. 6LONDON, Printed for James and John Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Churchyard. 1729.
  7. 7CONTENTS.
  8. 8MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
  9. 9A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND, ETC. IN THE YEAR 1699.
  10. 10DEDICATION.
  11. 11THE PREFACE.
  12. 12A VOYAGE TO TERRA AUSTRALIS.
  13. 13CHAPTER 1.
  14. 14DEPARTURE AND PROVISIONING EN ROUTE.
  15. 15CHAPTER 2.
  16. 16SOUTH OF THE LINE TO BRAZIL.
  17. 17CHAPTER 3.
  18. 18TWO OCEANS AND NEW HOLLAND.

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