References for the list of ships known to have visited or sighted the Tristan da Cunha archipelago or Gough Island before 1800.

References for Early Ships

Compiled by Albert J. Beintema, 7th July 2022

Adapted from The Remotest Island (New Generation Publishers, 2022)

Beintema, A.J. 1997. Het waterhoentje van Tristan da Cunha. Atlas, Amsterdam.

Brander, J. 1940. Tristan da Cunha, 1506-1902. Allen & Unwin, London.

Brander, J. 1952. Tristan da Cunha, 1506-1950. Geschiedenis van een volkplanting. Uitgeversmaatschappij West-Friesland, Hoorn.

Bruijn, J.R., F.S. Gaastra & I. Schöffer, 1979. Dutch Asiatic Shipping. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.

Butler, H.J. 1952. Ships calling at Tristan da Cunha 1506-1952. Private publication (not found!).

Coolhaas, W. Ph. 1960-1975. Generale missiven van Gouverneurs- Generaal en Raden aan Heren XVII der Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie. 5 vols. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.

Dalrymple, A. 1786. A serious Admonition to the Publick on the Intended Thief-Colony at Botany Bay. George Bigg, London. Online: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-19515009/view?partId=nla.obj-19595765#page/n6/mode/1up

D'Après de Mannevillette 1745. Le Neptune Oriental ou Routier Général des Côtes des Indes Orientales et de la Chine enrichi de cartes hydrographiques. Jean François Routel, Paris. Reprinted in 1775 by Demonville, Paris.

Faustini, A. undated (1925?). The Annals of Tristan da Cunha. Online: http://www.tristan.it/TRISTAN/tristanlibri/tristan_annals.pdf.

Gray Birch, W. de 1875. Commentaries of the Great Afonso do Alboquerque, Second Viceroy of India. Hakluyt Society, Vol 53, part 1. London. Reprint by Elibron Classics, 2005.

Headland, R.K. 1992. Chronological List of Antarctic Expeditions and Related Historical Events. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Ljung, K. & S. Björck, 2011. A pollen record of the last 450 years from a lowland peat bog on Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic, implying early anthropogenic influence, Journal of Quaternary Science, July 2011. Online: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jqs.1489.

Malhão Pereira, J.M. 2001. Um Livro de Marinharia do século XVIII - Estudo Critico. Thesis Lisbon University.

McKay, M. 1963. The Angry Island: the Story of Tristan da Cunha (1506-1963). Arthur Barker, London.

Meilink-Roelofs, M.A.P., R.Raben & H. Spijkerman (ed.) 1992. The Archives of the Dutch East India Company (1602-1795). SDU-Uitgeverij, The Hague.

Milner, J. & O.W. Brierly, 1869. The Cruise of H.M.S. 'Galatea', Captain H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, K.G. in 1867-1868. W.H. Allen, London.

Morrell, B. 1832. A Narrative of Four Voyages, to the South Sea, North and South Pacific Ocean, Chinese Sea, Ethiopic and Southern Atlantic Ocean, Indian and Antarctic Ocean. From the Year 1822 to 1831. Harper, New York. Reprint by Gregg Press, Upper Saddle River, 1970.

Oliver, P. 1891. The Voyage of François Leguat to Rodriguez, vol. 1. Hakluyt Society, London.

Perrone-Moisés, L. 1992. Vinte Luas. Viagem de Paulmier de Gonneville ao Brasil: 1503-1505. Schwarcz, São Paulo.

Purdy, J. 1816. The Oriental Navigator. James Whittle & Richard Holmes Laurie, London. Online: https://books.google.nl/books?id=aL2YtgEACAAJ

Schaffer, I. 2010. The Sea Shall Not Have Them. Narrative of Stephen and Margaret White, who were shipwrecked near Tristan da Cunha on the Blenden Hall in 1821, and their arrival in Van Diemen's Land 1832. Private publication, Tasmania.

Schilder, G. (ed.) 1976. Voyage to the Great South Land, Willem de Vlamingh 1696-1697. Royal Australian Historical Society, Sydney.

Smith, R.C. 1991. The ships of Tristan da Cunha. A listing 1506-1991. Private Publication.

Smith, R.C. 1994. The Ships of Tristan da Cunha. Vol. 2. A history and the mails. Private publication.

Soeiro de Brito, J., M.N. Teague & J. Brandão (co-ordinators) 1992. O Livro de Lisuarte de Abreu. Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, Lisboa.

Stapel, F.W. 1927. Pieter van Dam's Beschryvinge van de Oostindische Compagnie. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.

Taylor, R.W. 2001-2008. Tristan da Cunha Monographs. 18 vols. Private publication.

Uhden, R. 1939. The Oldest Portuguese Original Chart of the Indian Ocean, A.D. 1509. Imago Mundi, 3: 7-11.