Maritime exploration and shipwrecks : collection of papers

1 cm. Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, articles and notes relating to early maritime exploration along the W.A. coast. Items are mostly copies and transcripts. Some articles are incomplete. 1. Letters relating to wreck near Murchison House Station -- 2. Dirk Hartog's Island by J.O. -- 3. Buried treasure and Dutchmens gold, regarding expedition of Jim Cruthers to look for shipwreck -- 4. Letters from Dircksey Cowan re Dutch explorers and human remains in the Golgotha Cave -- 5. Discovery of Australia by W. Siebenhaar -- 6. Chinese exploration (Missing) -- 7. De Reizen der Nederlanders. Something of the journey of the skipper-commander Willem de Vlamingh to New Holland in 1696. Translation by Simon Halfweeg -- 8. Early Dutch-Australian contacts -- 9. Dutch voyages to Western Australia -- 10. Hartog's voyage to West Australia from Scottish Geographical magazine -- 11. First pirate to visit Australia by Dr. W. G. Goddard -- 12. Letter written from the ship Batavia regarding journey when going to India in 1628, copied letter by Gysbert Bastiaensz -- Extract of Vlamingh's voyage, records at General State Archives, The Hague.