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INDEX 



Mauritius : occupied by the 

 Dutch, 216: Tasman at, 268; 

 Flinders at, 518-519. 



Mauro, Fra : his map, 54, 56, 55 

 (map) : describes strong cur- 

 rents near Dim Islands, 49 

 note 2, 83. 



Mela, Pomponius : states that the 

 Nile rises in the Southern Con- 

 tinent, 3 ; that Ceylon is its 

 tip, 4 ; that a burning zone 

 prevents access to it, 4 : map 

 . representing his views of geo- 

 graphy, 5 : is Mela or Ptolemy 

 right about Africa ? , 66 ; and 

 about South-East Asia ?, 73-74 : 

 Mela's good guess, 95. 



Mendana de Negra, Alvaro de : 

 his voyage in search of the 

 continent, 132-139 : discovery 

 of the Solomons, 134 : his 

 missionary spirit, 135 : returns 

 to Mexico, 138 : obtains a 

 Royal Decree, 140 : is arrested, 



140 

 145 



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sails for the Solomons, 

 discovers the Marquesas, 

 and Santa Cruz, 148 : 



fails, 149 : dies, 1.50. 

 Meneses : discovers New Guinea, 



77- 



Mercator, Gerard : his map, 91 

 (map), 93-94, 104-109 : in- 

 fluenced by Ptolemy and Mela, 

 94-95 ; by belief that a Terra 

 Australis was physically neces- 

 sary, 95 ; by misunderstood 

 statements of Marco Polo and 

 Varthema, 96 : believed that 

 Tierra del Fuego was part of 

 the Southern Continent, 105 : 

 uncertainty about New Guinea, 

 105-106 : his use of Marco 

 Polo names, 106-109 : his guess 

 at truth, 109. 



Mexico : Cortes in, 76 : sends 

 voyages of exploration in 

 Pacific, 76-78 : service of ships 

 from Mexico to Manila, and 

 back, 79 : Drake takes this 

 course, 142 ; Cavendish, 143 ; 

 Swan and Dampier, 311-312 : 

 Mendana's return to, 138 : John 

 Hawkins in, 138, 140 : Quiros 

 in, 190-191. 



Mitchell, David : Founder of the 

 Mitchell Library, Sydney, ix. 



Moabar : its position in Behaim's 

 map, 55 (map), 58. 



Moluccas, the, the Spice Islands : 

 their attractiveness, 23 : Marco 



Polo describes Chinese voyages 

 to, 40-41 : described by Friar 

 Odoric, 48 ; and by de Conti, 

 52 ; by Varthema, 53, 68 : 

 Portuguese in, 69 : visited by 

 the Victoria, 74 : Spain sells her 

 claim to Portugal, 76 : the rule 

 of Galvano, 76 : visited by Saa- 

 vedra, 77-78 : Portuguese not 

 likely to explore Australia from, 

 86 : visited by Drake, 142-143 ; 

 and Cavendish, 144 ; Lan- 

 caster, 210 : East India Com- 

 pany's Spice trade, 211-212 : 

 Dutch East India Company 

 claims monopoly, 217 ; and 

 expels the English, 219. 



Mongols, Tartars : their con- 

 quests, 31 ; their liberalism, 31 : 

 visited by Rubruquis, 18, 31 ; 

 by Nicolo and Matteo Polo, 32 ; 

 by Marco Polo, 33 : his descrip- 

 tion of China under the Great 

 Kaan, 38 : Mongols welcome 

 Christian missionaries to China, 

 47, 49 : Mongol dynasty over- 

 thrown, 62. 



Monte Corvino, John de : arch- 

 bishop of Pekin (1292-1328), 47. 



Mookerji, Radhakumud : his de- 

 scription of Indian colonisation, 

 24-25 : Buddhist colony in Java, 



24-25- 



Moors : see Arabs. 



Morga, Antonio de : describes the 

 Spanish rule in the Philippines, 

 79-80 : the Empire on which 

 the sun never sets, 80 : de 

 Morga and Quiros meet at 

 Manila, 81, 152 : fears the 

 Dutch, 214. 



Miinster, Sebastian : disbelief in 

 Terra Australis, go. 



Murray, John : with Bowen, 

 discovers Port Phillip, 505-506. 



Muscovy Company : its trade 

 with Russia, Persia and India, 

 208. 



N 



Napoleon I. : approves Baudin's 

 voyage, 510 : orders squadron 

 to take Sydney, 510 note. 



Necuveran : see Nicobar Islands. 



Neucuram : see Nicobar Islands. 



New Britain : discovered and 

 praised by Dampier, 329-330 : 

 Dampier's map of, 331 : praised 

 by Woodes Rogers, 335 ; by 

 Campbell, 345 ; by de Brosses, 



