Historical Records of New Zealand Vol. II.
A List of the Papers handed to Skipper Commander Abel Jansz. Tasman (with Destination for the Discovery of the South Land)
A List of the Papers handed to Skipper Commander Abel Jansz. Tasman (with Destination for the Discovery of the South Land).
No. 1. | Instructions for the commander aforesaid. |
No. 2. | Observations by Skipper Marten Gerritsz. Vries touching the discovery of the south land. * |
No. 3. | Disquisition touching the same discovery by the Pilot-major Francoys Jacobsz. * |
No. 4. | Memoir by the same on the same subject. |
No. 5. | Spanish description of Nova Guinea and the Salomonis Islands. * |
No. 6. | Copy of the Instructions for Commander Gerrit Pool for the discovery of the unknown lands eastward of Banda, and of the south land. † |
No. 7. | Vocabulary of certain words of the languages of the Salomonis Islands, of Nova Guinea, and of the islands circumjacent. |
No. 8. | Invoice of the cargoes of the “Heemskerck” and the “Zeehaen.” † |
No. 9. | Inventory of the “Heemskerck.” * |
No. 10. | Do. of the “Zeehaen.” * |
* No longer extant.
† Not reproduced.