First published 1906
"Olba a Sunda tao larga que huma banda
Esconde para o Sul difficultuoso."
CAMOËNS.--Os Lusiadas.
George Collingridge
CONTENTS.
[I. In Quest of the Spice Islands]
[II. Voyages to the Spice Islands and Discovery of Papua]
[III. The Spice Islands in Ribero's Map]
[IV. Villalobos' Expedition and Further Discoveries in Papua]
[V. The First Map of New Guinea]
[VI. Jave-la-Grande, The First Map of Australia]
[VII. Pierre Desceliers' Map]
[VIII. Desliens' Map]
[IX. Mendana and Sarmiento Discover the Solomons]
[X. Mendana in Search of the Solomon Islands. An Early Map of the Solomons]
[XI. Queiroz's Voyage. A Spanish Map of the Bay of St. Philip and St. James, in Espiritu-Santo Island (New Hebrides)]
[XII. Torres' Discoveries]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
[1. Prince Henry the Navigator]
[2. Statue of Prince Henry]
[3. Portuguese Fleet]
[4. Magellan]
[5. The Victoria]
[6. The Trinidad in a Squall]
[7. Flying Fish (From an Old Map)]
[8. Sebastian del Cano]
[9. Scene in the Spice Islands]
[10. Tidor Volcano, seen from Ternate]
[11. The Cassowary]
[12. Spanish Ships]
[13. Nutmegs and Cloves, from an Old Chart]
[14. Banda Volcano]
[15. Diego do Couto's Pig]
[16. Malay Press]
[17. Spanish Ships]
[18. Guinea Fowl]
[19. Scene in New Guinea]
[20. Spanish Caravels]
[21. The Great Albuquerque]
[22. Bamboos]
[23. Guanaco]
[24. Marco Polo]
[25. Ant Hills]
[26. Mendana's Fleet]
[27. Crescent-shaped canoes]
[28. Scene in the Solomon Islands]
[29. Tinacula Volcano, from Santa Cruz]
[30. Queiroz's Fleet]
[31. An Atoll Reef]
[32. Type of Island Woman]
[33. War Drums]
[34. Scene in the Solomon Islands]
LIST OF MAPS IN TEXT.
[1. Portuguese Hemisphere]
[2. Spanish Hemisphere]
[3. Timor, from an Old Chart]
[4. Australia and Jave-la-Grande compared]
[5. Santa Ysabel Island]
[6. Guadalcanal Island]
[7. Santa Cruz Island]
[8. The Earliest Map of the Solomon Islands]
[9. Queiroz's Track]
[10. Tierra Australia del Espiritu Santo]
[11. New Hebrides]
[12. The Big Bay of Santo]
[13. New Holland]
[14. Torres' Track]
LIST OF COLOURED MAPS--ILLUSTRATED.
[1. The Earliest Drawing of a Wallaby]
[2. The Spice Islands, from Ribero's Official Map of the World]
[3. Nova Guinea--The First Map of New Guinea]
[4. Jave-la-Grande--The First Map of Australia]
[5. Don Diego de Prado's Map of the Bay of St Philip and St James in Espiritu Santo]
[6. Don Diego de Prado's Map of the Islands at the South-east end of New Guinea]
[7. Pierre Desceliers' Map of Australia]
[8. Desliens' Map of Australia]
[9. Moresby's Map of the Islands at the South-east end of New Guinea]
[10. The Great Bay of St Lawrence]
[11. Bay of St Peter of Arlanza]