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INDEX 



Chancellor, Richard : discovers 

 Russia, 208. 



Chili : Tasman to seek route to, 

 265 note, 279 : claims he has 

 found it, 280 : plan of a voyage 

 to, 285-286 ; plan abandoned, 

 291. 



China, or Cathay : known to 

 Ptolemy, 6, 7, and to Cosmas, 

 8 : Chinese voyages to Java, 

 28-29 : William de Rubruquis 

 gets news of a sea on the East, 



31 : Nicolo and Matteo Polo in, 



32 : Marco Polo in, 33 : his 

 description of Chinese com- 

 merce and voyages, 38-46 : 

 John de Monte Corvino in, 47 : 

 Friar Odoric in, 49 : foreigners 

 expelled from, 62 : the Dutch 

 in, 216 : Dampier in, 318-319. 



Cicero, Marcus Tullius : makes use 

 of the Antipodes, 5 note i. 



Cinque Port : Alexander Selkirk 

 in, 333- 



Cipango : see Japan. 



Coen, Jan Pietszoon : founds 

 Batavia, 215 : enmity to the 

 English, 218 : confiscates Le 

 Maire's ship, 222 : reports the 

 wreck of the Trial, 234 : plans 

 the circumnavigation of Aus- 

 tralia, 236 : nearly wrecked on 

 the Abrolhos, 249. 



Collingridge, George : his Dis- 

 covery of Australia, x : inter- 

 pretation of Behaim's map, 58 : 

 of Wytfliet's map, 113 ; of the 

 Portuguese-French maps, 115 

 note, 118, 124-129 : prints maps 

 of Torres's voyage, 193 note, 

 195 note : articles on Hartog's 

 pewter-dish, 229 note i. 



Columbus, Christopher : his Jour- 

 nal and Letters, 61 : his great 

 expectations, 69-70 : his inter- 

 pretation of his discoveries, 

 71-72 : South America is Terra 

 Australis, 72 : looks for the 

 Straits of Malacca at Panama, 



73- 



Conti, Nicolo de : interview with 



Bracciolini, 50 : journeys, 



50-52 : mistakes caused by 



his statements, 50-52 : calls 



Sumatra " Taprobane," 51 : his 



news of the Spice Islands, 52 : 



, influence on the map of 1489, 



- 56, 57 (map), on Behaim's map, 



. 55 (map), 57-58 ; on Fra 



Mauro's map, 54, 56, 59 (map). 



Conversion de San Pablo : island 

 discovered by Quiros, 163. 



Cook, James : autograph Log on 

 the Endeavour, 380 : Cook 

 Manuscripts, 380-381 : copies 

 of Journal, 381-382 : extract 

 from "Corner" copy, 383 : early 

 life, 387-388 ; at Quebec, 389 : 

 charting of unknown coasts, 

 389-390 : before the Royal 

 Society, 390 : commands the 

 Endeavour, 391 : Instructions 

 for, 394-395 : sails, 395 ; at 

 Rio, 396 ; sails over the con- 

 tinent, 396 : at Tahiti, 397-400, 

 sails South to 40, 400 : pro- 

 blems to solve in New Zealand, 

 401 : explores New Zealand, 

 401-405 : discovers Cook's 

 Straits, 403 : proves New Zea- 

 land not part of Terra A ustralis, 



404 : plans another voyage, 



405 : describes New Zealand, 

 407, and the Maoris, 408 : sails 

 for New Holland, 409 ; pro- 

 blems to solve, 410-411 : misses 

 Bass's Strait, 411-412 : in 

 Botany Bay, 413-425 : map of 

 Botany Bay, 414 : " Cook's 

 meadows," 418 note : gives 

 name of Stingray Harbour, 419 : 

 name changed to Botany Bay, 

 419-421 : Cook's favourable 

 opinion, 423-425 : sees Port 

 Jackson and " Broken Bay," 

 426, Morton Bay, Bustard Bay 

 and Thirsty Sound, 427 : spiked 

 on the Barrier Reef, 428 : at 

 the Endeavour River, 431-436 : 

 through the Barrier Reef, 436, 

 and back again, 438 : Cape 

 York, 440 : claim to be first 

 discoverer of Eastern coast, 440 

 and note : through Endeavour 

 Strait, 440 : gives names of 

 New Wales, and New South 

 Wales, 441-442 : describes 

 Australia, 447-448 : at New 

 Guinea, 448 : at Savu, 448 : 

 at Batavia, 449-453 : sends 

 Journal home, 450 : autograph 

 letter, 451 : from Batavia to 

 the Cape, 453 : describes South 

 Africa, 453-454 : returns to 

 England, 454 : Logs and 

 Journals of the second voyage, 

 457 : objects of the voyage, 

 457-458 : the Resolution and 

 the Adventure, 460: "cool- 

 ness " between Cook and Banks, 



