WOMAN AND CHILD OF ESPIRITU SANTO. 



CHAPTER XXXIII. 



quiros' theory of a southern continent — his arguments and memorials 



his first voyage discoveries encarnacion sagittaria, or tahiti 



description of these islands — manicolo — espiritu santo — its produc- 

 tions and inhabitants quiros before the king of spain his belief 



in his discovery of a continent his disappointment — renewed soli- 

 citations — death of quiros — discoveries of toebes — the muscovy com- 

 pany of london — henry hudson — his voyages to spitzbebgen and nova 



zembla his voyage to america casts anchor at sandy hook ascends 



the hudson river as far as the site of albany his voyage to iceland 



and Hudson's bay — disastbous winteb — mutiny — Hudson set adrift — 

 his death. 



We have said, in a preceding chapter, that Pedro Fernandez 



de Quiros was the pilot of Mendana's second expedition. During 



the voyage he had reflected deeply upon the probability of the 



existence of a Southern continent: on his return to Peru, he 

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