[CAPTAIN NICOLAS BAUDIN. From an engraving.]

[FRANCOIS PÈRON. From the drawing by Lesueur.]

[TITLE-PAGE OF FREYCINET'S ATLAS OF CHARTS, 1812.]

COMPARATIVE CHRONOLOGY.

1602. Abel Tasman born.

1603. Death of Queen Elizabeth.

1606. Voyage of Quiros; finding and naming of Austrialia del Espiritu Santo.

1606. First charter to the Virginia Company.

1620. Pilgrim Fathers found colony of New Plymouth.

1642. Tasman's first voyage; discovery of Tasmania.