INDEX 



Abrolhos : discovered by Hout- 

 man, 230 ; described by King, 

 232 ; wreck of the Batavia, 

 249, of the Vergulde Drack, 

 298 ; a Dutch Museum, 304. 



Adventure, the : voyage under 

 Furneaux, 462. 



Albert the Great : his knowledge 

 of Arabic literature, 16 : his 

 belief in the Antipodeans, 17 : 

 his view of the world, 59. 



Albuquerque, Francisco de : his 

 conquest of Malacca, 67. 



Alexander the Great : his founda- 

 tion of Patala, 3 : referred to 

 by de Conti, 50. 



Amboyna, massacre of, 218. 



Amherst, Lord : his Voyage of 

 Mendana to the Solomon 

 Islands, 130 : his translation 

 used, 131-139. 



Andaman Islands : described by 

 Marco Polo under name of 

 Angamanain, 43, 46 : by Friar 

 Odoric, 50. 



Angamanain: see Andaman Is- 

 lands. 



Antipodes, Antipodeans, Antich- 

 thones : see Terra A ustralis 

 Incognita. 



Aquinas, Thomas : compared to 

 Socrates, 8. 



Arabs, Saracens, Moors : their 

 knowledge of Ptolemy, 16, 26 : 

 their voyages, 2.5 : to Java, 26 : 

 map showing their knowledge, 

 27 : described by Marco Polo, 

 36 : defeated by the Portu- 

 guese, 67, 68. 



Arias, Don Juan Luis : his know- 

 ledge that Torres had sailed 

 through Torres Strait, 106 and 

 note i ; his doubt as to the 



reason of Quiros's return, 186 : 

 his statement that Torres saw 

 New Guadalcanal, 194 : his 

 treatise urging missionary work 

 in the South Seas, 205-207 : his 

 story that Juan Fernandez dis- 

 covered a continent, 205, 206 

 note : his statement that Quiros 

 saw signs of land in 26, 205, 

 206 note : Dalrymple learns 

 existence of Torres Strait from 

 Arias, 361 and note, 363 (map), 

 411, 441. 



Aristotle : misinterpreted by 

 Roger Bacon, 17 : quoted by 

 Roger Bacon, 31. 



Arnhem, the : voyage of, 238- 

 241 ; 243-244. 



Arnhem's Land : discovered, 243- 

 244: rediscovered, 243-244, 256. 



Augustine, Saint: his views about 

 Antipodes and Antipodeans, 12 : 

 his views about pagan know- 

 ledge, 15. 



Australasia : name used, 353, 355. 



Australia, Australian : name used, 

 J 74> I 75. 221 and note i, 346, 

 352. 



Australia : its isolation and un- 

 attractiveness, 20-21 : pro- 

 bably visited by Malays, 22 : 

 Malays may have passed on 

 their knowledge, 23 : Marco 

 Polo was misunderstood, 44-46 : 

 he had no knowledge of Aus- 

 tralia, 45-46 : was Australia 

 known in the sixteenth cen- 

 tury ? 82-129 : Mendana might 

 have discovered Australia, 

 I 3. I 33. 138 : Torres pro- 

 bably saw Australia, 196-197 : 

 the voyage of the Duyfhen, 

 224-225 : the Eendracht dis- 

 covers West Australia, 226 : 

 Gerritz's map, 227 : the Zee- 



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