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Documents in the State Archives at the Hague relating to Dutch vessels in Western Australian waters 1658

SubjectAustralia–Discovery and exploration
Discovery and exploration
Australia–Description and travel
Dutch East Indies
Voyages and travels
Shipping
Western Australia–History
Manuscripts, Dutch
Archives
Category1. Settlement
KeywordsShipwrecks
CreatorAlgemeen Rijksarchief, The Hague (Netherlands. Archives) & Netherlands, Colonial Office (Netherlands Indies)
Current HolderState Library of New South Wales
Series NumberB 1452
Item NumberYr8RpkNn
Access RightsRequest at location
Country Of OriginNetherlands
PlaceThe Hague
Language Dutch
Description From Source1 volume of textual material – printing 1. Miscellaneous extracts 2. Dagh Register, Batavia? 1658 f.204-52 being logs and journals of the ships Emeloord and De Wakende Boei on a voyage from Batavia to Zuytland made 1658 in search of the ship De Vergulden Draak, wrecked off that coast in 1656. Charts and profiles of coast, same voyage 3. The Charts on pages 59-64 are reproduced in Heeres ‘Past borne by the Dutch in the discovery of Australia’ pp. 77-80. Spelling adopted is that of Heeres
Physical FormatManuscripts
Records
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