DISCOVERY
| [SECTION I] p. 1. |
| Anthony Van Diemen, governor of Batavia—Sir Joseph Banks obtains
Tasman's charts and journal—brass hemispheres at Amsterdam—discovery
of Van Diemen's Land—Maria Island—visit of Captains Marion, Furneaux,
Cook, Clerke, Cox, Bligh, D'Entrecasteaux—discovery of Bass' Straits by
Bass and Flinders—Flinders' misfortunes and death—Baudin—misfortunes
of our eminent navigators—monument erected by Sir John Franklin to
Flinders. |
| [SECTION II] p. 20. |
| Colonel Purry's project—opinion of Dalrymple—Cook's account of New
South Wales—fleet assemble at Motherbank—Phillip governor—various
opinions of the prospects of the colony. |