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INDEX 



perhaps regarded as unsolved, 

 289 note 5 : Dalrymple learns 

 from Arias existence of Torres 

 Strait, and tells Banks, 361, 

 363 (map), 411, 441 : Cook had 

 understood New Holland and 

 New Guinea were one, but was 

 impressed by Dalrymple's state- 

 ment, 411, 437, 439; sails 

 through Endeavour Strait, 440- 

 441 : Flinders describes dangers 

 of Torres Strait, 482 ; he sails 

 through under Bligh, 485 ; in 

 the Investigator, 514 (map), 

 517 ; in the Cumberland, 514 

 (map) : passages by Bligh, 482 

 and note ; Bampton, 482 ; 

 Edwards, 517 note i. 

 Trial, the : wreck on Trial Rocks, 



234- 



Trial Rocks : the Trial wrecked 

 on, 234 : where were they ? , 

 235 : Coen directs search for 

 them, 236 : Flinders and King 

 look for them, 235. 



Tupia, chief Tahowa of Tahiti : 

 sails on the Endeavour, 399- 

 400 : his successful prayers, 

 400 : death at Batavia, 452 : 

 Cook on his character, 452. 



Turks : their conquests cut off 

 Asia from Europe, 62. 



U 



Unknown coast, the : the coast 

 between Nuyts Land and the 

 discoveries of Tasman and Cook, 

 484 : Laperouse and Dentre- 

 casteaux instructed to explore, 

 484 : Flinders considers ignor- 

 ance a reproach to England, 484 : 

 its especial interest, 484-485 : 

 Bass explores from Point Hicks 

 to Western Port, 490-491 : Flin- 

 ders and Bass sail through Bass's 

 Strait, 495-496 : Flinders's ambi- 

 tion to complete discovery, 499- 

 500 : Grant discovers from Cape 

 Banks to Cape Otway, 503-505 : 

 Murray and Bowen discover 

 Port Phillip, 505-506 : Baudin 

 discovers from Cape Banks to 

 Encounter Bay, 512-513, 516 

 and notes : Flinders discovers 

 from Nuyts Land to Encounter 

 Bay, 513-516. 



Urdaneta, Andres de : first makes 

 the return voyage from Manila 

 to Acapulco, 79. 



Vallard, Jean : his map, 119. 



Van Diemen's Land (of the 

 North) : discovered by the Arn- 

 hem, 243-244 : rediscovered by 

 Pietersen, 256 : explored by the 

 Dutch, 302-303 ; by King, 303 

 note. 



Van Diemen's Land (of the 

 South) : discovered by Tasman, 

 270-275 : visited by Furneaux, 

 464 ; by Cook, 475 ; by Dentre- 

 casteaux, 497, 508 ; by Hayes, 

 497 : circumnavigated by Flin- 

 ders and Bass, 495-499 : visited 

 by Baudin, 512. 



Varthema, Ludovico di : his tra- 

 vels, 52-54 ; in India, Malacca, 

 Java, Moluccas, 53 : the cap- 

 tain's story of inhabited lands 

 far South, 53-54 : influence of 

 the story on map-makers, 54, 

 91 (map), 96, 109, in (map) : 

 he tells the Portuguese about 

 the Spice Islands, 53, 68. 



Vega, Lope de : Admiral under 

 Mendana(i595),i46: he vanishes 

 at Santa Cruz, 148, and note 3. 

 Vergulde Drack, the: wreck of, 298. 



Vespucci, Amerigo: explores coast 

 of Brazil, 72 : claims that 

 he has discovered Terra Aus- 

 tralis, 72-73 ; and the East 

 coast of Ptolemy's Cattigara- 

 land, 97 : looks for the strait 

 of Malacca, 73. 



Visscher, Frans : his Memoir 

 touching the discovery of the 

 South Land, 258-261 : Tasman's 

 Pilot in 1642, 262 ; his time- 

 table, 269 ; his advice, 269, 

 283 : his chart shows Cook's 

 Strait probable, 279-280 : he 

 fears South of New Guinea, 

 283 : Tasman's Pilot in 1644, 

 286 : his map lost, but a bad 

 copy exists, 289 note 5. 



Vlamingh, Willem de : finds Har- 

 tog's " pewter dish," 228 : erects 

 another pewter dish, 229 ; which 

 is discovered by the French, 

 229 : explores coast of \Vest 

 Australia, 229-302 : his map, 

 300 : Swan River, 299 : Dirck 

 Hartog's Road and Sharks 

 Bay, 301 : describes the bad- 

 ness of West Australia, 300-302. 

 Vyanen, the : discovers Witsland, 

 248. 



