CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL CONCEPTIONS OF THE LAND 



OF THE SOUTH - -.1 



II. THE INDIAN OCEAN IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY - 20 



III. MARCO POLO - 31 



IV. THE SUCCESSORS OF MARCO POLO 47 



V. THE PORTUGUESE AND THE SPANIARDS IN THE INDIAN 



OCEAN - 6 1 



VI. WAS AUSTRALIA KNOWN IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY ? 82 



VII. THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOLOMONS - - - 130 



VIII. THE VOYAGE OF 1595 - 140 



IX. QUIROS - - 154 



X. AUSTRIALIA DEL EsPIRITU SANTO - - 1 69 



XI. THE VOYAGE OF TORRES ... igz 



XII. THE SPANISH STORY ENDS 198 



XIII. THE COMING OF THE ENGLISH AND THE DUTCH - 205 



XIV. THE DUTCH DISCOVER AUSTRALIA .... 220 

 XV. TASMAN'S VOYAGE OF 1642 253 



XVI. TASMAN'S VOYAGE OF 1644 - 285 



XVII. THE ENDING OF THE DUTCH PART - ... 2 o8 



XVIII. DAMPIER 305 



