Great South Land by Rob Mundle

Great South Land by Rob Mundle

Author:Rob Mundle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2015-10-06T04:00:00+00:00


With Heemskerck and Zeehaen no longer sailing north, the chance of further discoveries in this region had been erased. As a result, the east coast of the land of many titles – Terra Australis Incognita, Eendrachtsland, the Great South Land – would lie in wait for discovery for a further 128 years.

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It was a rough but rapid trip across the sea that would one day bear Tasman’s name: the strong wind and large following seas saw Heemskerck and Zeehaen average 6 knots for the more than 1000 nautical miles they covered before land was again sighted.

It was on the seventh day – 13 December – that the expedition provided Europe’s cartographers with another exciting addition to their charts: a second history-making discovery in less than three weeks. Tasman recorded the event:



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