Early Australian Voyages
Publisher: Echo Library
Published: September 27, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9781406831122
Subjects: TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Australia & New Zealand - Australia; Expeditions & Discoveries; General; History-Expeditions & Discoveries; Travel-General; Travel; Travel - General
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.