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INDEX.
Olyftack, sloop, sent to the wreck of the Zeewijk, 186
Oranjes, Hoek, point at the inlet of the coast of New Holland visited by the expedition in 1705, 171
Os Papuos, V. New Guinea
Oyster bay, in Tasmania, lviii
Papoos, at New Guinea, 94 Parmentier, Jean, of Dieppe, voyage
to Sumatra, lix Paulmier de Gouneville, v. Gonneville Pelsart, Francis, Captain of the
Batavia, lxxxix ; shipwreck, 59 Pelsart's group, off the Houtman's
Abrolhos, 178 Pentam, island, xv ; supposed to be
Bintam, xvi Pera, yacht, voyage to New Guinea
44 Petan, occurring on the old maps on
or near the Terra Australis, lxiv Philip III memorial to, by Arias, 1 Philippine islands, settlements
attempted by the Spanish, lxx Pietersen Pieters, v. Pietersz Pietersz, Pieter, super cargo, takes
the command of the expedition
to New Guinea after Pool's death,
discovers the coast of Arnhem or
Van Diemen's Land, xciii, 4f) Pinzon, Vincent Yanez, discoveries on
behalf of Spain, xxxviii Pita Ka't, gave the natives of Tobi
island their form of religion, 1 Plancius, Peter, opens a school for the
purpose of teaching the way to
India, Ixxviii Poel, Gerrit Tomaz, v. Pool Polonia, Sta., v. Santa Polonia Pool, Gerrifc Toraaz, expedition to
New Guinea, killed by the natives,
xcii, 46 Poi'tuguesc, conceal their discoveries,
V, xlii ; discover Brazil, xxxviii ;
their claim to the discovery of
Australia, xxi, xxvi seqq, ; had
establishments in the East Indian
Islands before 1529, Ixi Portuguese kings, prohibit the ex- portation of marine charts, v, vi Portuguese names on the old French
maps of New Holland, lix Pronck, Ilcndrich, opinion on the
expedition to New Ilollaud, 117
Purry, J, P. Memoire sur le Pays des
Cadres, etc. ; project of founding a colony in Nuytsland, cxv
Quiros, Pedro Fernandez, chief pilot of Alvaro de JMendana, lxx ; me- moirs to L. de Velasco, Ixxi ; his Terra Australis is New Hebrides, lxxii ; separated from the other two ships, reaches jMexico, Ixxiv ; ad- dresses Philip II on account of further explorations, Ixxvi ; disco- veries, 18 ; death, Ixxvi, 19
Ramusio, on the secrecy of the Portu- guese with respect to their dis- coveries, V
Ridderschap van Holland, de, loss of, causes Vlamingh's expedition in 1696, 112, 114
Riviere de beaucoup d'lles, xxxii, Ivii
Roebuck, Dampier's expedition, ex
Roelandszoon, J. van AV'ijck, repudi- ates the charge of covetousness against the Dutch, vii
Roggeveen, expedition, cxvi
Roggeween, Jakob, passenger of the Vaterland Getrouu, 187
Roseboom, Andries, of the Waijer, logbook, 167
Roseboom's Bay, visited by the Vossenbosch, etc., 168
Rosemary Island, recently examined by Captain King, cxi ; name given by Dampier, 154
Rotterdam, ship, searched after, 44
Roty, Jean, v. Rotz
Rotz, Jean, maps, xxix
Rustenburg, point at the fourth inlet on the coast of New Holland, visited by the expedition in 1705, 172
Saavedra, Don Alvaro de, lights on
New Guinea, lxiv Sadeur, Jacques (or Nicolas), "Avan-
tures dans la decouverte de la
Terre Australe," cvi Sago, biscuits made of, sold to the
crew of Torres by Mahomedans, 40 Sahul Bank, seen by P. Hey\vood,cxiv Sambava, occurs ou all the J\IS. maps
of the Great Java, liv San Christobal island, discovered, 17
