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New Light on the Discovery of Australia, as Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar
George F. Barwick, Henry N. Stevens, Henry N. Stevens
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New Light on the Discovery of Australia, as Revealed by the Journal of Captain Don Diego de Prado y Tovar
George F. Barwick, Henry N. Stevens, Henry N. Stevens
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Spanish text, with English translation, of Prado's Relación of the voyage begun in company with Quirós and Torres in 1607, together with a report of the Spanish Council of State concerning Quirós, 1618, and letters of Torres and Prado, 1607-13. Contents: New light on the discovery of Australia.-Note on Prado's Relación.-Relación de don Diego de Prado (Spanish and English)-Appendices: I. Report of Council of State with letter of Luis Vaez de Torres (Spanish and English) II. Mr. Barwick's translations of Prado's two letters sent from Goa in 1613. III. Mr. Barwick's translations of the legends on the four Prado maps. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1930. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the "Facsimiles of the Four Prado Maps" which appeared in the first edition of the work.
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GENERAL INDEX
Descriptive Notes, titles of books and maps in italic.
Abbreviations; Am., America.—Aus., Australia.—B.M., British Museum.—Esp. San., Espiritu Santo.—N.G., New Guinea.—P., Prado.—Q., Quiros.—Sim., Simancas.—T., Torres.—Ter. Aus., Terra Australis, etc.
Acapulco. Q. arrives at, on return to Am., 22, 193, 195, 203, 240.
Acuña (Pedro de), Governor of the Philippines. Dead, 75, 193, 235.
seizes the Moluccas and King of Ternate, 175, 233.
Aird River, 53.
Albacora, tunny fish, 159.
Aleppo, 41, 240, 241.
Alfaqui, the learned Mahometan, 179.
Almiranta. Torres’ ship the San Pedrico, 28.
Prado transfers to the, 29, 32, 44, 113, 239.
the surgeon ditto, 29, 44, 113. see also San Pedrico.
Alomas Indians, 201.
Amaranths, flowering plants, 155.
America. Who discovered? 1.
Quiros’ return to, 1, 22, 26—7.
landfall of Columbus, 2.
Archipelago of nine islands at 1½°, 74, 173.
Archipelago of S. Lazaro, 18.
Argalas (Spring of), 246.
Arias (Dr Juan Luis). Memorial of, 26—7, 30.
Arostegui (Antonio de), King’s Secretary. Letter from Prado to, 27, 29, 65, 239.
Aroum island, 10.
Arrows, poisoned, 71, 121, 125.
Astralia, see Australia del Esp. San.
Australia. Who discovered? 1, 3.
French discoveries, 1, 3, 4.
Portuguese discoveries, 1, 3, 5–6.
Dutch discoveries, 1, 3, 6–8.
Spanish discoveries, 1, 3, 9.
discovery ascribed to Quiros, 1, 10–14.
discovery ascribed to Torres, 1.
discovery by Prado, 1.
first definite discovery, 2.
islands in Torres Strait form part of, 2, 70.
Collingridge’s book on, 3.
Terra Australis, etc., 3.
name confounded with Ter. Aus., 4.
résumé of claims to earliest discovery, 4–10.
myth that Q. discovered, 10–14.
journalistic “bloomer” that Quiros discovered, 11–12.
earliest pictorial map of, 17–19.
Espiritu Santo nearest point reached by Quiros, 22.
the unconscious discovery of, 23.
importance of Prado’s Relación for Australian history, 45.
P. and T. in sight of, 66, 69–71.
actual discovery of mainland missed, 71.
Aus. del Esp. San. (or Austrialia or Astrialia). Island of Esp. San.
island so named by Quiros, 10, 22, 25, 87, 243.
name confounded with the Australia of to-day, 11.
mistaken for continental land, 22.
mentioned, ...