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MARITIME Exploration West Australiana
Australia was shown on maps of that time as “Terra Incognita” but as traders started sailing around the Cape of Good Hope heading for Batavia (in modern Indonesia) their inability to calculate longitude caused ships using the Roaring Forties’ route to run into the west coast of New Holland.
Western Australia’s early history was littered with shipwrecks and death. 1606 Janzoon (Dutch East India Company) land on Cape York; and Torres sailed between Australia and New Guinea. 1616 Hartogh lands at Shark Bay (becoming the first European to land in Australia) 1619 Houtman sailed to the Swan River (site on Perth) 1622 the Tryall (English) was wrecked on the Montebello Islands 1629 The Batavia was wrecked on the Abrolhos Islands with bloody consequences 1656 the Gilt Dragon sank off Ledge Point 1688 Dampier spent months repairing the Cygnet at King Bay
Back to Dampier! What a life. His adventures became best sellers of the day and he moved between the world of piracy, farming, and the Royal Navy. He sailed with the A list of pirates and even returned Alexander Selkirk (Robinson Caruso) to the world.
Lloyd’s book is an easy, engaging read and it enables the readers to experience the growth of English sea power in a newly discovered world.
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