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it was also discovered by Hawkins, wlio called it Hawkins* a 

 Maiden Land; by Sebald de Wert, «vho named the islands 

 the Sebaldinea ; by a native of St. Malo who called them the 

 Malouines ; by a navigator from the Low Countries, who gave 

 the name Belffic Austral; and by another Englishman who 

 gave the permanent name, the Falkland Isles. The following 

 examples show sufficiently that discoverers do not forget 

 themselves. 



The Bermudas islands were discovered by Juan Bermudas 

 in 1527 ; they are also called Somers's islands, as Sir George 

 Somers was cast on them in 1609. B^ron island was dis- 

 covered by Byron in 1765; Baffin^ s bay by Baffin in 1616; 

 and the Mackenzie river by Mackenzie in 1789. Henry 

 Hudson discovered the Hudson river (N, York) in 1607 ; and 

 Hamilton Hume the Hume river (N. S. Wales) in 1824. 

 Bass entered Bass's strait in 1 798 ; and Brown ascended 

 mount Brown in 1799. Bhering discovered Bhering's strait 

 in 1741 ; and Pitcairn (an officer of Dampier's) Pitcaim's 

 island in 1768. Orellana sailed down the Orellana in 1539 ; 

 it was also called the Amazon, as the women on the banks 

 were armour-bearers to the men. Abel Tasman discovered 

 Tasmania in 1642, (the name is still preserved in a colonial 

 bishopric) ; but Van JDieman subsequently gave his name to 

 the whole island. Jua7i Fernandez discovered and gave his 

 name to an island in 1567 ; the retreat of Alexander Selkirk 

 for four years and a half, and the scene of De Toe's fiction of 

 "Eobinson Crusoe," published in 1719. Cortes discovered 

 the gulf of California, Mar de Cortez (the sea of Cortes) in 

 1536; Henry Hudson was turned adrift in an open boat in 

 Hudson's bay in 1608 ; Cortereal discovered Corterealis 

 (Labrador) in 1500 ; and Basil bay at Japan was named a 

 few years ago, by Captain Basil Hall.* 



• In thisaud iu similar cases, it is impossible to refer to the sources of iufonnation; M 

 it has been gleaneil from many, some of priusary and some of a secondary character. 



