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Page 9
... mention by the Roggeveens of MendaƱa's discoveries does not neces- sarily mean that they were unaware of them . Jan in his memoran- dum to Jacob referred to a book of charts shown by him previously to Jacob in Vere , saying that he had ...
... mention by the Roggeveens of MendaƱa's discoveries does not neces- sarily mean that they were unaware of them . Jan in his memoran- dum to Jacob referred to a book of charts shown by him previously to Jacob in Vere , saying that he had ...
Page 10
... mention of Nova Zeelandia as an object of the expedition was made in Jan Koster's instructions , and presumably not , therefore , in Jacob Roggeveen's . Yet Jacob's Journal will show that , probably influenced by Jan's references in his ...
... mention of Nova Zeelandia as an object of the expedition was made in Jan Koster's instructions , and presumably not , therefore , in Jacob Roggeveen's . Yet Jacob's Journal will show that , probably influenced by Jan's references in his ...
Page 120
... mention a lagoon , but Tikei today has no water - filled lagoon . Behrens , op . cit . i . 142 , christened the island ' Carls - Hof ' . bearing of the said island 2 miles south - south 120 JOURNAL OF JACOB ROGGEVEEN.
... mention a lagoon , but Tikei today has no water - filled lagoon . Behrens , op . cit . i . 142 , christened the island ' Carls - Hof ' . bearing of the said island 2 miles south - south 120 JOURNAL OF JACOB ROGGEVEEN.
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