Early Australian Voyages (Essential Library)
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: July 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780738879376
Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history; Australia; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Expeditions & Discoveries; History; History - General History; History: World
First sentence: The great discoveries that were made by the Dutch in these southern countries were subsequent to the famous voyage of Jaques le Maire, who in 1616 passed the straits called by his name; in 1618, that part of Terra Australia was discovered which the Dutch called Concordia.