The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.
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The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea
Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.
Hon. Corr. M.R.G.S., Melbourne, Victoria; Hon. Corr. M.N.G.S., Neuchatel, Switzerland; Hon. Corr. M. of the Portuguese G.S.; Hon. Corr. M. of the Spanish G.S.; Founder (with his brother, Arthur Collingridge) and First Vice-President of the Royal Art Society of N.S.W., Australia; Author of "The Discovery of Australia," etc., etc.
First published 1906
First published 1906
"Olba a Sunda tao larga que huma banda Esconde para o Sul difficultuoso." CAMOËNS.--Os Lusiadas.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF MAPS IN TEXT.
LIST OF COLOURED MAPS--ILLUSTRATED.
CONTENTS.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
LIST OF MAPS IN TEXT.
LIST OF COLOURED MAPS--ILLUSTRATED.
PREFACE TO GEORGE COLLINGRIDGE'S DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA, PUBLISHED IN 1895.
PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
INTRODUCTION.
THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA.
CHAPTER I.
IN QUEST OF THE SPICE ISLANDS.
IN QUEST OF THE SPICE ISLANDS.
CHAPTER II.
VOYAGES TO THE SPICE ISLANDS AND DISCOVERY OF PAPUA.
VOYAGES TO THE SPICE ISLANDS AND DISCOVERY OF PAPUA.
CHAPTER III.
THE SPICE ISLANDS, IN RIBERO'S MAP.
THE SPICE ISLANDS, IN RIBERO'S MAP.
CHAPTER IV.
VILLALOBOS' EXPEDITION AND FURTHER DISCOVERIES IN PAPUA.
VILLALOBOS' EXPEDITION AND FURTHER DISCOVERIES IN PAPUA.
CHAPTER V.
THE FIRST MAP OF NEW GUINEA.
THE FIRST MAP OF NEW GUINEA.
CHAPTER VI.
JAVE-LA-GRANDE. THE FIRST MAP OF AUSTRALIA.
JAVE-LA-GRANDE. THE FIRST MAP OF AUSTRALIA.
CHAPTER VII.
PIERRE DESCELIERS' MAP.
PIERRE DESCELIERS' MAP.
CHAPTER VIII.
DESLIENS' MAP.
DESLIENS' MAP.
CHAPTER IX.
MENDANA AND SARMIENTO DISCOVER THE SOLOMONS.
MENDANA AND SARMIENTO DISCOVER THE SOLOMONS.
CHAPTER X.
MENDANA IN SEARCH OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
MENDANA IN SEARCH OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
CHAPTER XI.
QUEIROZ'S VOYAGE.
QUEIROZ'S VOYAGE.
CHAPTER XII.
Chronological Table of Important Events.
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