NORTHMOST 

 AUSTRALIA 



THREE CENTURIES OF EXPLORATION, 



DISCOVERY, AND ADVENTURE IN AND 



AROUND THE CAPE YORK PENINSULA, 



QUEENSLAND 



A STUDY OF THE NARRATIVES OF ALL EXPLORERS BY SEA 

 AND LAND IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN CHARTING, MANY 

 ORIGINAL OR HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, 

 THIRTY-NINE ILLUSTRATIONS, AND SIXTEEN SPECIALLY 

 PREPARED MAPS 



BY 



ROBERT LOGAN JACK 



LL.D., F.R.G.S., F.G.S., M.lNST.M.M. 



EX-GOVERNMENT GEOLOGIST, QUEENSLAND, PREVIOUSLY OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SCOTLAND 



AUTHOR OF 



"HANDBOOK OF QUEENSLAND GEOLOGY"; "THE MINERAL WEALTH OF QUEENSLAND" 

 "THE BACK BLOCKS OF CHINA/' ETC. 



AND JOINT-AUTHOR (WITH ROBERT ETHERIDGE, JUNIOR) OF 

 " THE GEOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND AND NEW GUINEA " 



IN Two VOLUMES d I i S Q 



VOL. I 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, 

 KENT & CO. LTD., 4 STATIONERS* 

 HALL COURT : : LONDON, E.C 4 



