A voyage to new holland etc



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A VOYAGE TO NEW HOLLAND ETC.

IN THE YEAR 1699.

Wherein are described, The Canary Islands, the Isles of Mayo and St. Jago. The Bay of All-Saints, with the forts and town of Bahia in Brazil. Cape Salvador. The winds on the Brazilian coast. Abrolho Shoals. A table of all the variations observed in this voyage. Occurrences near the Cape of Good Hope. The course to New Holland. Shark's Bay. The isles and coast, etc. of New Holland.

Their inhabitants, manners, customs, trade, etc. Their harbours, soil, beasts, birds, fish, etc. Trees, plants, fruits, etc.

Illustrated with several maps and draughts: also divers birds, fishes and plants not found in this part of the world, curiously engraven on copper plates.

BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM DAMPIER.

THE THIRD EDITION.

LONDON,

Printed for James and John Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul's Churchyard.

1729.






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