The Discovery of Tasmania

Journal extracts from the expeditions of Able Janszoon Tasman and Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne 1642 and 1772.

The first two European expeditions to Tasmania took place 130 years apart. Transcriptions and translations of journal extracts from those exploratory voyages are brought together in this volume, together with brief biographies of the main figures in each expedition and contemporary maps and portraits. Includes bibliography and index.