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CONTENTS
Voyage of Gerrit Thomasz Pool to the South Land. Translated from Valentyn's "Beschryvinge van Banda" 75
Account of the Wreck of the Ship "De Vergulde Draeck" on the South Land, and the expeditions undertaken, both from Batavia and the Cape of Good Hope, in search of the survivors and money and goods which might be found on the wreck, and of the small success which attended them. Extracted from MS. documents at the Hague, and translated from the Dutch 77
Description of the West Coast of the South Land by Captain Samuel Volkersen, of the pink "Waeckende Boey," which sailed from Batavia on the 1st of January 1658, and returned on the 19th of April of the same year. Extracted from MS. Documents at the Hague and translated from the Dutch 89
Extract translated from Burgomaster Witsen's "Noord En Oost Tartarye" 91
Account of the Observations of Captain William Dampier on the coast of New Holland, in 1687-88, being an extract from his "New Voyage round the World" 99
Extract from Sloan MS., 3235, entitled "The Adventures of William Dampier, with others (1686-87), who left Captain Sherpe in the South Seas, and travaled back over land through the country of Darien" 108
Some Particulars Relating to the Voyage of Willem de Vlamingh to New Holland in 1696. Extracted from. MS. Documents at the Hague and translated from the Dutch 112