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INDEX 



Rodriguez, Francisco : his map, 

 88, 89 (map), 114. 



Roebuck, the : Dampier explores 

 Australia in, 323-332 : its age 

 and rottenness, 323, 332 : Roe- 

 buck Bay, 327. 



Roggeveen, Jacob : his voyage, 

 339-34 1 : influenced by Quiros, 

 340 : at Falkland and Juan 

 Fernandez, 340 : Easter Island 

 and Samoa, 341 : Quiros, Rog- 

 geveen and Cook, 341. 



Rosemary Island: Dampier's guess 

 that there are passages behind, 



326, 483 : Flinders's discussion, 



327. 483. 



Rotz, Jean : his map, 115 (map), 

 123 (map), 116, 127. 



Royal Society, the : founded, 

 305 : Dampier dedicates his 

 Journal to President of, 321, 

 who gets him command of the 

 Roebuck, 321 : Royal Society 

 urges observation of Venus, 

 386 : recommends Cook, 387, 

 390-391 : Banks, Fellow of, 

 392 ; interest in his voyage, 

 394 ; and discoveries, 455 : 

 Royal Society praises Cook, and 

 votes a bust to George III., 

 455 : Cook elected Fellow of, 

 473 : Royal Society awards 

 Prize Medal to Cook, 462, 474 : 

 the President's praise, 474 : 

 Banks the President of, 500 ; 

 gets the Investigator for Flinders, 

 502 : Royal Society compared 

 to the Institute of France, 

 509- 



Rubruquis, William de : tells 

 Roger Bacon of his visit to the 

 Great Kaan, 18-19, 31 



Rue, the : Marco Polo's informa- 

 tion about, 37 ; carries Sinbad 

 from Madagascar to India, 38. 



Russell, Clark : describes the sea- 

 men of Dampier's time, 323-324. 



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Saavedra, Alvaro de : plans a 

 Panama Canal, 77 : sent by 

 Cortes to explore the South 

 Seas, 77 : explores New Guinea, 

 77-78 : death, 78. 



St. George, the : Dampier's voyage 

 m > 333 ' its rottenness, 334. 



St. Philip and St. James, Bay of : 

 Quiros in, 169-187 : map of, 

 170 : Bougainville thinks he 



has rediscovered, 372 : Cook 

 rediscovers, 469. 



Samoa : Roggeveen at, 341 ; Bou- 

 gainville at, 371. 



S. Thome, S. Thomas : see 

 Malepur. 



Sandwich, Lord : Banks's angling 

 friend, 392 : member of Govern- 

 ment, in 1768, 392 : First Lord 

 of the Admiralty in 1772, 459 : 

 helps Cook in second voyage, 

 459 : tries to please both Cook 

 and Banks, but fails, 460-461. 



Sandwich Islands : discovered by 

 Cook, 474: his high praise, 475. 



Santa Cruz : discovered by Men- 

 dana, 148 : Lope de Vega 

 vanishes, 148 : colony fails, 

 149-151 : sought by Quiros, 162- 

 165 : wreck of Laperouse, 508. 



Saracens, the : see Arabs. 



Sarmiento, Pedro : a representa- 

 tive " Conqueror," 131 : belief 

 in an Eldorado in the West, 132 : 

 sails with Mendafia, 132 : com- 

 plains that Mendafia " missed 

 the discovery," 133 : describes 

 the Solomons, 135 ; explores 

 them, 135 : his cruelty, 136 : 

 says he saw gold, 136 : urges 

 search for continent " opposite 

 Chili," 137 : his narrative, 132, 

 139 : uses name Isles of Solo- 

 mon, 139. 



Schoner, Johann : his globe, 98 

 (map) : his straits, 97 : his 

 " region of Brazil," 98. 



Schouten, the Hon. Justus : drafts 

 Instructions to Tasman, 265. 



Schouten, Willem Corneliszoon : 

 his voyage with Le Maire (1615), 

 220-222 : names Cape Horn, 

 221 : fears voyage to South of 

 New Guinea, 222. 



Scott, Professor Ernest : his 

 Terre Napoleon, Flinders, Laps- 

 rouse, x, 480 : on Cape Hicks, 

 412 note : on reasons of Lape- 

 rouse's visit to Botany Bay, 

 508 : discusses French proposal 

 to conquer Sydney, 510-511 : 

 proves Baudin did not see Port 

 Phillip, 512 : on Flinders's 

 exploration of Spencer's Gulf, 

 515 : on injustice of French 

 geographers to Flinders, 516 

 and note 2. 



Selkirk, Alexander : lands at Juan 

 Fernandez, 333 : joins Dampier 

 and Woodes Rogers, 334. 



