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Vlamingh - Logbooks 1696-1697

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Title
Vlamingh - Logbooks 1696-1697
Subject
Australia--Description and travel
Voyages and travels
Explorers
Shipping
Category
1. Settlement
Keywords
Shipwrecks
Rottnest Island
Person
Willem
Current holder
State Library of Western Australia
Period of reference
1696 – 1697
Link
https://encore.slwa.wa.gov.au/iii/encore/record/C__Rb2289674?lang=eng
Series number
MN 2430
Item number
28154520
Access rights
Request at location
Rights
Available for reference; not for loan.
Country of origin
France
Place
Paris
Rottnest Island
Language
French
Description from source
4 cm. Photocopies.

Documents from Archive Nationales (Paris), thought to be French language transcription of descriptions of Vlamingh's voyage to New Holland in 1696/97; transcription of a translation into French of part of Vlamingh's log from the "Geelvinck" when off the West Australian coast; correspondence Battye/National Library re Rottnest entries.
Physical format
Logbook
Diaries
Records