CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY.
1503—De Gonneville visited the South Seas, and is claimed by the French to have touched on Australia.
1520—Magalhaens, the first circumnavigator, claims to have discovered Australia. (Doubtful.)
1540—The Portuguese claims to early discovery of Australia are doubtful.
1542—Guillaume le Testu. Claims based on a map now in the Depôt de la Guerre, at Paris, indicating Australia.
1601—Manoel Godinho de Eredia, a Spaniard. (Claim doubtful.)
1606—The DUYFHEN entered the Gulf of Carpentaria as far as Cape Keer-Weer (Turn Again).
1606—Luis Vaez de Torres, with Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, discovered Torres Straits.
1616—Dirk Hartog, in the ENDRACHT, visited the west coast.
1618—Zeachern, in the MAURITIUS, discovered Arnheim's Land.