1 N D E X.
Aa<i;tokeikc, perhaps wrecked oil' the JioutniHu's Abrolhos, 182
Aberts, Pietcr, skipper, one of the survivors of the"V^ergulde Draeck,'" 77
Abrolhos, v. Houtnian's Abrolhos
Albuquerque, in IT)!! sent A. de Ereu and F. Serrano, with three ships to Banda and Malacca, lx
Alexander VI, Pope, Bull on the dis- coveries, xxxvii
Alvaro de Mendana, discovers the Solomon Islands, the Marquesas, Queen Charlotte's Islands, attempts to establish a Colony on Santa Cruz, lxx
Anibrollossen, Frederic Iloutman, v. Houtnian's Abrolhos
Amsterdam, island, drawing of, brought back hy Vlamiogh, in 1696, 113
Amsterdam, shallop, expedition to the South Land iinder the command of G. T. Pool, 7u
Antelope, of London, under the com- mand of Captain Hammond, met by Dampier, 13
Ant-hills, taken for habitations, 65
Aratus, speaks of a southern con- tinent, xiii
Arias, Dr. Juan Luis, memorial to Philip III, urges the necessity of the discovery of the southern hemi- sphere, for the sake of converting the natives before the English and Dutch heretics might do it, 1 ; ex- tract from De Silva's treatise, 3 ; prophecies, 4 ; the southern hemi- sphere not all water, 12 ; fertile, habitable, 15 ; rich in metals, pearls, animals, fruits, 16 ; A. Mendana dc Meyra's discoveries, 17; P. F. dc Quiros, 18; J. Fer-
nandez, 20 ; Indians of Taumaco indicate a continent southwards,
23 ; portion of the South Land al- ready visited, larger than Europe,
24 ; the decline of Spain, caused by the neglect of exploration, 25; final loss of the crown threatened, 28
Arms of Amsterdam, ship, touched at the south coast of New Guinea, in 1619, part of the crew murdered by the natives, 44 Aristotle, speaks of a southern con- tinent, xiii Arnhem, island, discovery, 45 Arnhem, yacht, voyage to New Guinea, 44 ; skipper and eight of the crew murdered, 45 Atlantis, island of, described by Plato,ii Aucke, Pietersz Jonck, v. Jonck Australia. Regarded as forming- part of New Guinea and the great southern continent, iv-xi ; indica- tions on maps in the sixteenth cen- tury, iv, xii, Ixv ; its coasts touched by the Dutch in the seventeenth, V ; secrecy of the Portuguese, ib. ; of the Dutch East India Company vi ; statement of Sir W. Temple, ih. ; quotations from early writers, xii ; early maps with indications, xiv ; assertion of the discovery by the Chinese, ih. ; Binot Paulmier de Gonneville the supposed first discoverer, xx ; the Portuguese claim to the discovery, xxi ; the Spanish claim, xxii ; Magalhaens' claim, xxii ; Dr. Martin on the map of Dourado, xxiii ; the tract laid down is either Tierra del Fuego or New Guinea, xxvi ; other indi- cations on maps of its discovery by the Portuguese, ih. ; Dalrymple's dis- paragement of Captain Cook, xxxi ;
