The Naval Pioneers of Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 250 pages of information about The Naval Pioneers of Australia.

The Naval Pioneers of Australia eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 250 pages of information about The Naval Pioneers of Australia.
east coast, 58;
    sails through Torres Strait, 58;
    takes possession of the continent, 58;
    his difficulties, 60;
    extracts from his entries, 60-63;
    on the number of deaths at Batavia, 64;
    logs of his officers, 65;
    accidental discovery of Australia, 71;
    discovers Norfolk Island, 139;
    report, 139. 
  Coombes, Miss, 165. 
  Cooper-King, Colonel C, on the punishment of marines, 122. 
  Copenhagen, 142;
    battle of, 249. 
  Cornelis, Jerome, the mutiny of, 11-15. 
  Coupang, 198, 231.
  Courageux, 66, 119.
  Crescent, 241. 
  Crossley, 183.
  Cumberland, 159, 194, 196, 201, 293. 
  Cunningham, James, 140. 
  Curtis, Sir Roger, 287, 288.
  Cygnet, 19. 
  Cygnet Bay, 20.

  Daedalus, 144.
  Daily Graphic, 247;
    extract from, 248-250. 
  Dalrymple, 6, 52;
    his jealousy of Captain Cook, 52, 56;
    Historical Collection of Voyages, 56. 
  Dalrymple Port, 271. 
  Dampier, Captain, 8, 17, 51;
    his voyages, 19;
    slave “Joey,” 20;
    observations on the natives, 21;
    in command of the Roebuck, 23;
    account of his travels, 28;
    dedication to the Hon. C. Mountague, 28;
    his pay, 29;
    ill-disciplined crew, 34;
    scientific results of the voyage, 35;
    on Tasman’s draught of the coast, 36;
    in Sharks’ Bay, 38;
    at New Guinea, 39;
    foundering of his ship, 39;
    personality, 40;
    summary of his work, 41;
    dedication to the Earl of Pembroke, 42;
    in command of a privateering expedition, 42;
    sails as pilot, 43;
    obscure death, 43;
    his Voyage, 56. 
  Dampier’s Monument, 21. 
  Davies, Lieutenant, 152. 
  Davies, John, 24;
    his work on navigation, 35. 
  Dawes, 118, 279;
    Battery, 118;
    Point, 283. 
  De Quiros discovers various islands, 4. 
  Denmark, Matilda, Queen of, 119. 
  Deptford, 53. 
  Derwent, settlement at, 289;
    River, 268. 
  Dewar, Mr. W., 70.
  Director, 248. 
  Dirk Hartog’s Road, 38.
  Discovery, 66, 68. 
  Dixon, Mr., 153. 
  Doggerbank, 249.
  Dolphin, 50, 51, 66, 137. 
  Donington, 168. 
  Duckett, 59.
  Duff, 133.
  Duke, 288. 
  Duncan, Admiral, 248.
  Duncan, 214. 
  Dunton, John, A New Discovery of Terra Incognita Australis, or the
      Southern World, by James Sadeur, a Frenchman
, 37. 
  Dusky Bay, 179. 
  Dutch, their voyages to Australia, 6;
    East India Company, establishment of the, 7. 
  Duyphen Point, 8.
  Duyphen, its voyages to New Guinea, 7.

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