The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765

OUTH-COAST OF NE

the 22nd day of April, A.D. 1601,

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o dispatch the yacht called Duyffken to the island of Ceram, the Council have drawn up the Instructions fo

ships forming the flotilla to

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orts or roads following, to wit: Queuin, Quelibara, Quelilonhen or Goulegoubj [*]

es go to show, that by Ceram are meant the south-eas

thither; and to what limits their farthest navigation extends; also, whether they have any knowledge of Nova Guinea; whether they have ever sent ships thither, or whether shi

is 15th day of May in

with which they of the islands of

ng on the south side, inhabited by Portuguese [*], but [the people of the parts of Ceram visited by the Dut

uth(-west) coast of New Guinea. But considering the fact that the Dutch were utterly unacquainted with New Guinea,

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