Title William Dampier / by Clennell Wilkinson

Published London : Bodley Head, 1929

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MELB	910.9 Wil/Wda		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 257 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, 2 maps, 2 portraits ; 23 cm Series Rex Nan Kivell Collection ; NK4692. ANL Contents Includes index Summary p. 126-128 account of Dampier's first visit to Australia at King Sound; encounter with Aborigines; attempts to communicate; Aborigines' refusal of offer of clothes and gifts; eye disease; taking of Aboriginal prisoners on board ship; mention that Dampier recorded Aboriginal methods of catching fish; p. 172-175 : account of visit to Shark Bay, Dampier Archipelago; violent encounter with Aborigines during unsuccessful search for water Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 250-251 Includes index Subject Dampier, William, 1652-1715. Discoveries in geography. Voyages around the world. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia, Northern http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh95010749 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Genre/Form Biographies. LC no. xls00898404

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