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INDEX 



Patala, Patalis, Pathalis : founded 

 by Alexander, 3 : placed by 

 Roger Bacon in Tropic of 

 Capricorn, 17, 103 ; position in 

 Behaim's map, 55 (map), 104 ; 

 in Finaeus's map, 101 (map), 

 102-104 I i n ma P f 1522, 103 

 (map), 104. 



Pelsart, Franois : wrecked on 

 the Abrolhos, 249 : his boat- 

 voyage to Java, 250-251 : return 

 to the Abrolhos, 251-252. 



Pentam, Pentan, Panten, Singa- 

 pore Island : mentioned by 

 Marco Polo, 43 : position on 

 Mercator's map, 45, 91 (map), 

 106, 107 : on Behaim's map, 



. 55 (map), 58. 



Peru, the : voyage of, under 

 Carstenz, 238-243. 



Peregrine : island discovered by 

 Quiros, 163. 



Peron, Francois : on the fame of 

 Bass's voyage, 493-494 : his 

 scientific and military studies 

 at Sydney, 510 and note, 516 : 

 his statement to de Caen, 511 

 note : the finding of Vlamingh's 

 pewter dish, 512 : opinion of 

 Botany Bay, 425 note 4. 



Philippine Islands : Spaniards 

 found colony in, 79 : Urdaneta 

 establishes service of ships from 

 Manila to Mexico, 79 : de 

 Morga describes Spanish rule 

 in, 79-80 : Drake at the Philip- 

 pines, 142 ; Cavendish at, 143- 

 144 : Quiros at Manila, 152 : 

 Dutch at the Philippines, 214 : 

 Dampier at, 312 ; recommends 

 an English factory at, 313. 



Phillip, Governor Arthur: his 

 opinion of Botany Bay, 424- 

 425 ; and Port Jackson, 426 : 

 his arrival at Botany Bay, 507 

 and note i. 



Physical necessity of a Southern 

 Continent : argument of Mer- 

 cator, 95 ;' criticised by Cotton, 

 95 note 2 : argument of de 

 Brosses, 352 ; of Dalrymple, 

 362 ; criticised by Banks, 397, 

 406. 



Pigafetta, Antoine : describes the 

 voyage of the Victoria, 74-75 : 

 mentions " islands under the 

 Tropic of Capricorn," 75, 83, 92. 



Plancius, Petrus : thinks New 

 Guinea part of continent, 106 : 

 his map, 107. 



Pliny, the elder : his Historia 

 Naturalis, 4 : story of a visit to 

 Ceylon, 4 : view of a cremated 

 Tropic zone, 4 : influence in the 

 Middle Ages, 15 : used by 

 Roger Bacon, 17, 18 : quoted 

 by de Conti, 51 : used by 

 Behaim, 57. 



Polo, Marco : his life in China, 

 33 : Book of Ser Marco 

 Polo, 34 : revelation of Eastern 

 world, 34-38 : Chinese com- 

 merce, 38, and voyages, 39 : 

 Japan and Spice Islands, 40-41 : 

 Java, 41-42 : is understood to 

 describe lands South of Java, 

 42-44 : Locac, 42 : Pentam, 



43 : Sumatra, 43 : Nicobars 

 and Andamans, 43 : Ceylon, 



44 : is misunderstood, 44-46 : 

 influence on Odoric, 50 : his 

 information only gradually un- 

 derstood, 52 and note : in- 

 fluence on Behaim, 57 ; on 

 Columbus, 69-72 : on map- 

 makers of the sixteenth century, 

 96 : in Mercator's map, 91 

 (map), 106-109 : in Plancius's 

 map, 107 (map), in Ortelius's 

 map, in (map) : in Des- 

 celiers' map, 116, 117 (map). 



Polo, Nicolo and Matteo : their 

 journey to China, 32-33. 



Polynesia : de Brosses explains 

 the interest of, 354-355- 



Pool, Gerrit Thomasz : Van Die- 

 men's Instructions for his voy- 

 age, 254-256 : his voyage and 

 murder, 256. 



Portuguese, the : seek an ocean- 

 way to India, 63 : voyages sent 

 by Henry the Navigator, 63- 

 66 : Portuguese reach India, 

 66 : Portuguese Empire, 66-67: 

 conquest of Malacca, 67 : Var- 

 thema tells of the Spice Islands, 

 53, 68 : island voyage of 1512, 

 68-69 : settlement in the Spice 

 Islands, 69 : Portugal buys 

 Spain's claims, 76-77 : Portu- 

 guese steal Spanish charts, 77 : 

 discover New Guinea, 77 : ex- 

 tent of Portuguese discoveries, 

 82-83 : Portuguese chroniclers 

 ignorant of everything South of 

 Java, 83-84 : Portuguese un- 

 likely to explore Australia, 86 : 

 several Portuguese map-makers 

 ignorant of everything South of 

 Java, 88 : do the Portuguese- 



