Sir William Dixson's miscellaneous papers concerning the Vlamingh plate, 23 December 1696-20 June 19...
Sir William Dixson's miscellaneous papers concerning the Vlamingh plate, 23 December 1696-20 June 1950
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23 December 1696-20 June 1950
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DLWD 84
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1 folder of textual material - manuscript, typescript, printed, photocopies, clippings
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Item 1
'Estat de notre arrivee a La terre Australe encore inconnue sur la fin de 1696 et au commencement de lan 1697', 23 December 1696-19 January 1697. Part of Vlamingh's log. Photostat copy of a transcript of a translation in the Ministere de la Marine, Paris
Item 2
'Extract from the log of Willem de Vlamingh, translated from the Dut...
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Full title
Sir William Dixson's miscellaneous papers concerning the Vlamingh plate, 23 December 1696-20 June 1950
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Transferred from DLSPENCER 424
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Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
Contextual Information
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Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
In October 1616, the Dutch mariner, Dirck Hartog, in the ship Eendracht, landed on what is now Dirck Hartog Island on the west coast of Western Australia, and left an inscribed plate commemorating his visit. In Februray 1697, another Dutch mariner, Willem de Vlamingh, landed and discovered the plate, which he replaced by another, commemorating both...
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DLWD 84
Record Identifier
92eVoGoY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eVoGoY
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950141
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