Early Tasmania Papers Read Before the Royal Society of Tasmania During the Year
Early Tasmania Papers Read Before the Royal Society of Tasmania During the Year
James Backhouse Walker
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More particularly was he to search the more northerly parts, as it was presumed that a strait was more likely to be found in that quarter than further south, where the South Land was, presumably, much wider. If Pool, with some of his crew had not been murdered by the savages of New Guinea, it is possible that he might have sailed through the strait already traversed by Torres, and have anticipated Captain Cook in the discovery of New South Wales. As it happened, however, the ships returned with...out having discovered anything of importance. In the same year, Van Diemen planned the expedition to search for the supposed " golden island, " east of Japan, which, three years later, was undertaken by Quast and Tasman, with the result w^e have already seen. 2. TliP Planning of the Great Discovery Voyage. Governor Van Diemens heart was aow set on a com- plete exploration of the Unknown South Land, in which he hoped to discover a new Peru, rich in silver and gold, * The discovery of Torres remained unknown until tlie English took Manilla in 1762, and discovered in the Archives a copy of Torres' original letter to the King of Spain.
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