
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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CHAPTER V - VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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Summary
De Surville was the next navigator who visited New Zealand. When Cook's ship, the Endeavour, was working out of Doubtless Bay in the North Island, De Surville's vessel, the St. Jean Baptiste from India, was sailing on, and neither navigator was aware of the other's vicinity.
What led to this Frenchman's visit was a rumour, widely circulated and universally believed, that the English had discovered an island of gold in the Southern Ocean. De Surville anchored his ship in Doubtless Bay in December, 1769, and immediately landed at Mongonia, and was received by crowds of natives, who were delighted and surprised at the confidence reposed in them, and, in return, they supplied the strangers with food and water. One day a storm arose as a party of invalids were endeavouring to reach the ship from the shore. Being driven back, the sick were detained by the inclemency of the weather for two days in the house of a chief named Naginoui, and by his people they were fed and carefully attended without remuneration. When the storm subsided, one of the ship's boats was missing, and De Surville, without any evidence for so doing, believed that the New Zealanders had stolen it. Under the guise of friendship, he invited Naginoui on board, accused him of the theft, and put him in irons. Not satisfied with this treacherous revenge, he burned the village where his sick had found an asylum in the hour of need, and carried the chief away from his native land.
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- The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New ZealandFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day, pp. 104 - 109Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1865