200 THE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA 



with all the islands of the Mediterranean and the Ocean 

 which encompasses, including the two islands of England 

 and Ireland. That hidden part is one fourth of the Globe, 

 and is of such capacity that double the Kingdoms and 

 provinces of which Your Majesty is at present the Lord 

 could fit into it." The lands that have been seen " touch 

 the Equator," and they " may perhaps go as far as 90." 

 They will be lands " antipodal to the greater part of Africa, 

 to all Europe, and to the greater Asia." Quiros had seen 

 silver and pearls, and Torres says that he saw gold state- 

 ments again that need explanation ! Mace, pepper, and 

 ginger had been seen. There were accounts of cinnamon. 

 There must be clove islands 'on the line of Ternate. And 

 " the industry of the Spaniards will make the products 

 of the country better and more profitable, than what 

 is raised in Peru or Mexico." 



Quiros did his best to make this territorial argument 

 attractive. But his own mind ran elsewhere. He loved 

 the New World not for its gold and- its spices, but for its 

 " mine of souls." He urged exploration as part of Spain's 

 The treaty duty to Christ. A century earlier a treaty had been 

 ChriLTand mediated by Christ's Vicar between Christ and the King 

 the King of of Spain. Christ had granted the New Worlds to Spain 

 Spam. on Qne s trict condition : the condition that to these 



New Worlds Spain would be evangelist. Christ had 

 fulfilled His Word ; and the boast of Spain was that the 

 whole globe did not suffice. Possession of America should 

 have rendered the King undisputed Master of the World, 

 able to make the Church of God triumphant over Turk 

 and Moor and all her enemies, in such wise that " all 

 round the world God would be known and adored by all 

 his creatures." And what had Spain done ? She had de- 

 stroyed America. She had not saved the natives, but had 

 exterminated them. She had almost sinned away her soul. 

 Yet now God offered one more opportunity. " All that 

 has been lost in America may be gained in Austrialia 

 del Espiritu Santo. It seems as if God kept the better 

 and richer lands to the last, and for a man of such good 

 intent. Hasten, my Lord, hasten the measures for this 



