Ocean's Story; or, Triumphs of Thirty Centuries Maritime Adventures, Achievements, Explorations, Discoveries and Inventions; and of the Rise and Progress of Ship-Building and Ocean Navigation, from the Ark to the Iron Steamships

CHAPTER XXXVI.--Discovery of New Holland--Tasman ordered to survey the

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Island--Discovery of Van Diemen's Land--Of New Zealand--Murderers' Bay--The Friendly Islands--The Feejees--New Britain--An Earthquake at Sea--A Copious Language--Circumnavigation of New Holland--Return to Batavia--Results of the Voyage--Dutch Opinions of Tasman's Merit 346