Dampier left here on September 5th, intending again to land further north, but he abandoned the idea and directed his course for timor.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
After he left timor he called at New Guinea, discovered and named New Britain, now a German colonial possession, spent some weeks upon the New Guinea coast, and then returned to timor, whence he began his voyage home.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
As soon as possible the shipwrecked men embarked, some on the Rolla for China, the rest on the Francis and Resource for Sydney; then Flinders said good-bye and sailed northward for timor, where he arrived thirty days later.
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery