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Dampier, William, 1652-1715

"A Voyage to New Holland"


Of the land there, vegetables, birds, etc.
A particular sort of iguana: fish, and beautiful shells; turtle, large
shark, and water-serpents.
The Author's removing to another part of New Holland: dolphins, whales,
and more sea-serpents: and of a passage or strait suspected here: of the
vegetables, birds, and fish.
He anchors on a third part of New Holland, and digs wells, but brackish.
Of the inhabitants there, and great tides, the vegetables and animals,
etc.

MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
MAP. CAPTAIN DAMPIER'S NEW VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC. IN 1699 ETC.
TABLE 1. CANARY ISLANDS.
TABLE 2. CAPE VERDE ISLANDS.
TABLE 3. BRAZIL.
BIRDS OF THE VOYAGE:
FIGURE 1: THE PINTADO BIRD.
FIGURE 2: THIS VERY MUCH RESEMBLES THE GUARAUNA, DESCRIBED AND FIGURED BY
PISO.
TABLE 4. NEW HOLLAND.
BIRDS OF NEW HOLLAND:
FIGURE 3: THE HEAD AND GREATEST PART OF THE NECK OF THIS BIRD IS RED AND
THEREIN DIFFERS FROM THE AVOFETTA OF ITALY.
FIGURE 4: THE BILL AND LEGS OF THIS BIRD ARE OF A BRIGHT RED.
FIGURE 5: A NODDY OF NEW HOLLAND.
FIGURE 6: A COMMON NODDY.
FISH OF NEW HOLLAND:
FIGURE 1: THE MONKFISH.


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