[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.