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Author	Valentyn, François.
Title	Swartte Swanne drift op het Eyland Rottenest [picture] ; Het Eyland St. Paulo ; Het Eyland Amsterdam / François Valentyn.
Published/Produced	[Dordrecht, Netherlands?] : [s.n.], 1696.

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Swartte Swann Drift Op Het Eyland Rottenest

Swartte Swann Drift Op Het Eyland Rottenest

LOCATION	CALL NO	STATUS	NOTE	MESSAGE
Online	BA2179	AVAILABLE		ASK SLWA STAFF
3rd Floor Rare Materials	BA2179 1 print : copperplate engraving	FOR USE IN STATE LIBRARY		ASK SLWA STAFF

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Call Number	BA2179
Physical description	1 print : copperplate engraving ; 54 x 43 cm.
Notes	Published in François Valentyn's Oud en Niew Oost-Indièn: Dordrecht, 1724-26.
Rights advisory	These images are for personal use only. To publish or display them, contact the State Library of Western Australia.
Summary	After the two voyages of Abel Tasman in 1642 and 1644 there was little Dutch activity relating to the South Land. Then in November 1695 the Governor-General in Batavia wrote that the ship, "De Ridderschap van Holland" had not arrived from the Dutch Republic and was assumed to have been shipwrecked on the western Australian coast. This incident stimulated a search for the vessel and a new reconnaissance of the coast. Nicholas Witsen, the administrator of the VOC, instructed the skipper to study the people, flora and fauna of the region. The command of the expedition was given to Willem de Vlamingh, an experienced VOC sea-captain. They were also to find new staging places between the Netherlands and the Cape of Good Hope, and from the Cape to Java. For this reason de Vlamingh's route included the islands of Tristan da Cunha, Amsterdam and St Paul, the upper images on the engraving. The lower image depicts the VOC ships Weseltje and De Geelvink at anchor at Rottnest Island with Black swans. On 29 December 1696 seaman Caspar Broel on board the Geelvink, first sighted 'the Fog Island dead ahead', present-day Rottnest Island. Vlamingh landed on Rottnest Island seeing numerous quokkas and thinking they were large rats named the island "rats' nest" (Rattennest ). Soon after on 10 January 1697, he ventured up the Swan River and named the Swan River (Zwaanenrivier ) after the large numbers of black swans that were seen.
Subjects	Vlamingh, Willem Hesselsz. de, 1640- -- Travel -- Western Australia -- Pictorial works.
	Geelvinck (Ship) -- Pictorial works.
	't Weseltje (Ship) -- Pictorial works.
	Online image.
	Rottnest Island (W.A.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch -- Pictorial works.
	Western Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Dutch -- Pictorial works.
Related names	Valentyn, François. Oud en Niew Oost-Indièn.
	Valentyn, François. Eyland St. Paulo.
	Valentyn, François. Eyland Emsterdam.