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on uniform slips, which now number nearly 4000, and the convenience for reference 

 has been so great that these notes have been made the basis of the list of islands 

 here given. 



I am sony that I am not so familiar with many of the dialects of the Pacific as 

 to be always sure of the orthography, or even of the meaning of names, but I have con- 

 sulted the best authorities within my reach. In some cases I may seem to have wilfully 

 left the right and chosen the wrong, as in the case of the name Paumotu which I have 

 retained as the best known throughout this region, although the form Tuaniotn adopted 

 by the French may be more correct. The first word of the compound is usually 

 dropped among traders and navigators in the south Pacific and Motu alone used. 



As to the heights given I have met with difficulty. Findlay's Directory may 

 state the height of an island as 3000 feet, a later chart will put it at 2100, while a still 

 later Hydrographic report will call it 1200, not one of these important publications 

 giving the authority. An ordinary estimate should not vary so much, and I was in- 

 clined to omit all heights as well as population, but finally have given them as merely 

 approximate and the reader can attach his own value. 



To supplement the meagre information given in the Index authorities have 

 been sometimes appended to the text, and the following list will assist some perhaps 

 to follow more closely the information attainable. It does not of course pretend to be 

 even a partial Bibliography, but simply a list of some of the more important works 

 used in the compilation of this Index. 



The Lift- of Ferdinand Magellan and the first Circumnavigation of the Globe, 1480-1521. By F. H. 



H. Guillemard. London, 1891. 

 Pigafetta, Antonio, Primo Yiaggio intorno al Globo Terraequeo, ossia ragguaglio della navigazione 



fatta sulla squadra del Capit. Magaglianes 1519-22, publieado per la prima volta da Carlo Amo- 



retti. Milano, 1S00. 

 Historia del Descubrimiento de las regiones austriales heeho por el general Pedro Fernandez de 



Quir6s. Publieado por Don Justo Zaragoza. Madrid, 1876-80, 2 vols. 

 Sehouten (Willem Cornelissen ) and Jacques Lemaire. Novi Freti a parte meridionali Freti Magel- 



lanici, in Magnum Mare Australe deteetio ; facta laboriosissimo et periculosissimo itinere a 



Guilielmo Cornelii Schoutenio Hornano annis 1615, 1616, et 1617 totum Orbem terrarum circum- 



navigata. Amstelodami, 16 19. Also in Dutch, 161 8. Lemaire published his narrative of the 



same voyage in 1622. 

 Anson's Voyage round the World, 1740-44. By R. Walter. London, 1767. 

 Cook, Captain James. — Journal during his first voyage round the world made in H. M. bark 



"Endeavor," 1768-71. A literal transcription of the original MSS. with notes and introduction. 



Edited by Captain W. J. L. Wharton. London, 1893. 

 Second Voyage toward the South Pole and round the World, performed in the "Resolution" 



and "Adventure," 1772-75. London, 1777, 2 vols. 

 A voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discov- 



eries in the northern hemisphere : performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and 

 Gore, on H. M. S. "Resolution" and "Discovery," 1776-80. London, 1781, 3 vols. 

 Bougainville's vovage round the World, 1765-69. Translated bv J. R. Forster. London, 1772. 



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