A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland

A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland

William Dampier, British privateer, explorer, scientific observer (1651-1715)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Chapter I

- The Author's Departure From The Coast Of New Holland, With The Reasons Of It

- Watersnakes

- The Author's Arrival At The Island Timor

- Search For Fresh Water On The South Side Of The Island, In Vain

- Fault Of The Charts

- The Island Roti

- A Passage Between The Islands Timor And Anabao

- A Dutch Fort, Called Concordia, Their Suspicion Of The Author

- The Island Anabao Described

- The Author's Parley With The Governor Of The Dutch Fort, They, With Great Difficulty, Obtain Leave To Water

- Kupang Bay

- Coasting Along The North Side Of Timor

- They Find Water And An Anchoring Place

- A Description Of A Small Island, Seven Leagues East From The Watering Bay

- Laphao Bay, How The Author Was Treated By The Portuguese There

- Designs Of Making Further Searches Upon And About The Island, Port Sesial

- Return To Babao In Kupang Bay

- The Author's Entertainment At The Fort Of Concordia

- His Stay Seven Weeks At Babao

- Chapter Ii

- A Particular Description Of The Island Timor

- The Island Anabao. Fault Of The Charts. The Channel Between Timor And Anabao

- Kupang Bay. Fort Concordia

- A Particular Description Of The Bay

- The Anchoring Place, Called Babao

- The Malayans Here Kill All The Europeans They Can

- Laphao, A Portuguese Settlement, Described

- Port Ciccale

- The Hills, Water, Lowlands, Soil, Woods, Metals, In The Island Timor

- Its Trees

- Cana Fistula Tree Described

- Wild Figtrees Described

- Two New Sorts Of Palmtrees Described

- The Fruits Of The Island

- The Herbs

- Its Land Animals

- Fowls. The Ringing Bird

- Its Fish. Cockle Merchants And Oysters. Cockles As Big As A Man's Head

- Its Original Natives Described

- The Portuguese And Dutch Settlements

- The Malayan Language Generally Spoken Here

- Lorantuca On The Island Ende

- The Seasons, Winds, And Weather At Timor

- Chapter Iii

- Departure From Timor

- The Islands Omba And Fetter

- A Burning Island

- Their Missing The Turtle Isles

- Banda Isles

- Bird Island

- They Descry The Coast Of New Guinea

- They Anchor On The Coast Of New Guinea

- A Description Of The Place, And Of A Strange Fowl Found There

- Great Quantities Of Mackerel

- A White Island

- They Anchor At An Island Called By The Inhabitants Pulo Sabuda

- The Indians' Manner Of Fishing There

- Fish, Bat And Bird Of New Guinea

- Arrival At Mabo, The North West Cape Of New Guinea

- Cockle Island

- Cockles Of Seventy-eight Pound Weight

- Pigeon Island

- The Wind Hereabouts

- An Empty Cockleshell Weighing Two Hundred Fifty Eightpound

- King William's Island. A Description Of It

- Plying On The Coast Of New Guinea

- Fault Of The Charts

- Providence Island

- They Cross The Line

- A Snake Pursued By Fish

- Squally Island

- The Main Of New Guinea

- Fishes Taken On The Coast Of New Guinea

- Chapter Iv

- The Mainland Of New Guinea. Its Inhabitants. Slingers Bay

- Small Islands

- Gerrit Dennis Isle Described

- Its Inhabitants

- Their Proas

- Anthony Cave's Island

- Its Inhabitants

- Trees Full Of Worms Found In The Sea

- St. John's Island

- The Mainland Of New Guinea

- Its Inhabitants

- The Coast Described

- Cape And Bay St. George

- Cape Orford

- Another Bay The Inhabitants There

- Fishes Taken On The Coast Of New Guinea

- He Names The Place Port Montague. The Country Thereabouts Described, And Its Produce

- A Burning Island Described

- A New Passage Found

- New Britain

- Sir George Rook's Island

- Long Island And Crown Island, Discovered And Described

- Sir R. Rich's Island

- A Burning Island

- A Strange Spout

- A Conjecture Concerning A New Passage Southward

- King William's Island

- Strange Whirlpools

- Distance Between Cape Mabo And Cape St. George Computed

- Chapter V

- The Author's Return From The Coast Of New Guinea

- A Deep Channel

- Strange Tides

- The Island Ceram Described

- Strange Fowls

- Birds Of New Guinea

- The Passage Between Pentare And Laubana

- The Island Timor

- Babao Bay

- The Island Roti

- More Islands Than Are Commonly Laid Down In The Charts. Great Currents

- Whales

- Coast Of New Holland

- The Tryal Rocks

- The Coast Of Java. Princes Isle. Straits Of Sunda. Thwart The Way Island

- Indian Proas, And Their Traffic

- Passage Through The Strait

- Arrival At Batavia

- Chapter Vi

- The Author Continues In Batavia Road To Refit, To Get Provisions

- English Ships Then In The Road

- Departure From Batavia

- Touch At The Cape Of Good Hope

- And At St. Helena

- Arrival At The Island Of Ascension. A Leak Sprung

- Which Being Impossible To Be Stopped, The Ship Is Lost, But The Men Saved

- They Find Water Upon The Island

- And Are Brought Back To England