Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Discovery in Early European Encounters with AustraliaBy John Pinkerton
Length5h 26m
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Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier gathers three foundational narratives of European encounter with the southern continent: Francisco Pelsaert's harrowing account of the Batavia wreck and mutiny, Abel Tasman's Dutch explorations of Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand, and William Dampier's English observations of Australia's northwest coast. Presented in the sober documentary manner of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century travel literature, the volume combines maritime reportage, ethnographic curiosity, geographic speculation, and imperial ambition, illuminating the fragmentary process by which Australia entered European knowledge. John Pinkerton, the Scottish antiquarian, geographer, and editor, was deeply invested in assembling authoritative historical and geographical records for educated readers. His broader work as a compiler of voyages and travels reflects Enlightenment habits of classification, comparison, and textual preservation. Though not himself an Australian explorer, Pinkerton's intellectual world—shaped by cartography, antiquarian research, and expanding British maritime interests—made such narratives valuable evidence in the history of discovery. This book is recommended for readers interested in exploration history, colonial knowledge, maritime adventure, and the early textual construction of Australia. It rewards both the general reader and the scholar.
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Table of contents
1Early Australian Voyages: Pelsart, Tasman, Dampier (Annotated)
15CHAPTER X: AND TWO ISLANDS, TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF AMSTERDAM AND ROTTERDAM
2INTRODUCTION.
16CHAPTER XI: AND AN ARCHIPELAGO OF TWENTY SMALL ISLANDS.
3VOYAGE OF FRANCIS PELSART TO AUSTRALASIA. 1628-29.
17CHAPTER XII: OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.
4REMARKS.
18CHAPTER XIII: HE ARRIVES AT THE ARCHIPELAGO OF ANTHONG JAVA.
5THE VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN ABEL JANSEN TASMAN FOR THE DISCOVERY OF SOUTHERN COUNTRIES. 1642-43.
19CHAPTER XIV: HIS ARRIVAL ON THE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.
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6CHAPTER I: THE OCCASION AND DESIGN OF THIS VOYAGE.
20CHAPTER XV: CONTINUES HIS VOYAGE ALONG THAT COAST.
7CHAPTER II: CAPTAIN TASMAN SAILS FROM BATAVIA, AUGUST 14, 1642.
21CHAPTER XVI: ARRIVES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF BURNING ISLAND, AND SURVEYS THE WHOLE COAST OF NEW GUINEA.
8CHAPTER III: REMARKS ON THE VARIATION OF THE NEEDLE.
22CHAPTER XVII: COMES TO THE ISLANDS OF JAMA AND MOA.
9CHAPTER IV: HE DISCOVERS A NEW COUNTRY TO WHICH HE GIVES THE NAME OF VAN DIEMEN’S LAND.
23CHAPTER XVIII: PROSECUTES HIS VOYAGE TO CERAM.
10CHAPTER V: SAILS FROM THENCE FOR NEW ZEALAND.
24CHAPTER XIX: ARRIVES SAFELY AT BATAVIA, JUNE 15, 1643.
11CHAPTER VI: VISITS THE ISLAND OF THE THREE KINGS, AND GOES IN SEARCH OF OTHER ISLANDS DISCOVERED BY SCHOVTEN.
25CHAPTER XX: CONSEQUENCES OF CAPTAIN TASMAN’S DISCOVERIES.
12CHAPTER VII: REMARKABLE OCCURRENCES IN THE VOYAGE.
26CHAPTER XXI: REMARKS UPON THE VOYAGE.
13CHAPTER VIII: OBSERVATIONS ON, AND EXPLANATION OF, THE VARIATION OF THE COMPASS.
27AN ACCOUNT OF NEW HOLLAND AND THE ADJACENT ISLANDS. 1699-1700.
14CHAPTER IX: DISCOVERS A NEW ISLAND, WHICH HE CALLS PYLSTAART ISLAND.
28Memorable Quotes
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