NORTHMOST 

 AUSTRALIA 



THREE CENTURIES OF EXPLORATION, 



DISCOVERY, AND ADVENTURE IN AND 



AROUND THE CAPE YORK PENINSULA, 



QUEENSLAND 



WITH 



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 ORIGINAL OR HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED DOCUMENTS, 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.IwsT.M.M. 



I-GOVZRNMENT GEOLOGIST, QUEENSLAND, PREVIOUSLY OP 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 AHD PALEONTOLOGY OF QUEENSLAND AMD HEW GUINEA " 



IN Two VOLUMES 



3*. V 3 



VOL. II 



SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, 

 KENT &? CO. LTD., 4 STATIONERS' 

 HALL COURT : : LONDON, E.C. 4 



