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INDEX 



272 ; on Tasman's map, 273 

 (map) : Furneaux's mistakes, 

 464-465 ; repeated by Cook, 

 475 ; and Flinders, 497. 

 Sumatra : probably Ptolemy's 

 Labadii Insula, 105 note : des- 

 cribed by Marco Polo as Java 

 Minor, 43, 46 : Odoric the first 

 to use name Sumatra, 48 : de 

 Conti calls Sumatra Taprobane, 

 50 : also Fra Mauro, 59 (map) : 

 position on Behaim's map, 55 

 (map), 58 ; on Mercator's map, 

 91 (map), 107 : Plancius cor- 

 rects mistake, 107, and map : 

 Dampier at Sumatra, 306, 



319. 



Sumbava : described by de Conti 

 as Java Minor, 52 : North coast 

 seen by Portuguese, and called 

 Simbiba, 69 : on Linschoten's 

 Chart as Java Menor, 85 : on 

 Cabot's map as Simbava, 86 

 (map), 88, 90 : Ribero's, 87 

 (map) ; Kernel's, 87 (map) ; 

 Rodriguez', 89 ; Mercator's, 91 

 (map) ; Hakluyt's, 92 (map) ; 

 Portuguese-French maps, 114 

 (map), 115, 115 (map), 117 

 (map). 



Surville, Jean Fra^ois de : in 

 New Zealand at same time as 

 Cook, 458 and note i. 



Swallow, the : Carteret's voyage 

 in, 368-369. 



Swan, Captain : in command of 

 the Cygnet, 311 : joined by 

 Dampier, 311 : voyage from 

 Mexico to Philippines, 311-312 : 

 left at the Philippines, 314. 



Tahiti, or Otaheite, or King 

 George ITI.'s Island, or New 

 Cythera : discovered by Wallis, 



369 : visited by Bougainville, 



370 ; by Cook and Banks, 397- 

 400 ; by Cook on second voyage, 

 465, 468 ; on third voyage, 476. 



Taprobane : see Ceylon, and 

 Sumatra. 



Tasman, Hon. Abel Janssen : the 

 map of his voyages, 259 : birth 

 and early life, 262-263 : ex- 

 plores North Pacific, 263-264 : 

 his Instructions for voyage of 

 1642, 265-267 : his Journal, 

 268 : at Mauritius, ^68 : his 

 furthest South, 269 : discovers 



Van Diemen's Land, 270-275 : 

 the landing-place, 271 : his map 

 of Van Diemen's Land, 273 : 

 discovers New Zealand, 275- 

 280 : description and picture of 

 Maoris, 276-277 : Murderers' 

 Bay, 278 : names country 

 Staten Land, as possibly part of 

 Terra Australis, 278 : thinks a 

 strait probable, 279 : claims to 

 have discovered a passage 

 to Chili, 280 : fails to find 

 the Solomons, 281 : discovers 

 Tonga Islands, and the Fijis, 

 282 : fears South-East coast of 

 New Guinea, 283 : sails along 

 North coast, 284 : returns to 

 Batavia, 284 : Instructions for 

 voyage of 1644, 286 : report of 

 the voyage, 288 : the Chart, 

 259 (map), 289 : the Shallow 

 Bight, 289 and note : his ex- 

 plorations summed up, 290-291: 

 disappointment of Directors, 

 291-292 : later life, 293-295 : 

 the crime at Baviauw, 294 : 

 death, 295 : importance of his 

 discoveries, 295-296 : know- 

 ledge of them, 296-297 ; by 

 Dampier, 297, 326 ; by Cook 

 and Banks, 297, 401-404, 410- 

 412, 448 ; by Flinders, 483-484, 

 496-497, 518. 



Tartars : see Mongols. 



Taumaco : see Nuestra Se/iora del 

 Socorro. 



-Taylor, Professor Griffith : on the 

 geographic isolation of Aus- 

 tralia, 20 note. 



Temple, Sir William : statement 

 that the Dutch forbid further 

 discovery of New Holland, 292 

 note. 



Tench, Watkin : criticises Cook's 

 meadows, 418 note ; Cook's 

 spring, 425 note i ; and Cook's 

 description of Botany Bay, 426 

 note. 



Terra Austrahs : name used, 101 

 (map), 112 and map, 117 (map), 

 141, 174 note, 175 note, 189 

 (map), 314 and note, 324, 342, 

 343, 480, 519. 



Terra Australis Incogmta, the 

 Unknown Southern Continent, 

 the land of the Antipodes, the 

 land of the Antichthones : views 

 of Theopompus, i ; of Greek 

 geographers, 2 ; of Mela, 3, 4. 

 94, 95 ; of Cicero, 5 note i ; of 



