The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea

world, alluded to on page 16. It is by Ribero, and will b

f the world brings vividly to our minds the intense desire of each contendi

ips--the seas are dotted with specimens similar to the two included within our small area--fleets of them, converge towards, or sail away from these spice-bearing islands. Every quaint old craft, whether light caravel or crazy galleon, is underwritten with the legend, Vengo de Mal

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o and Celebes, for Camphor; Amboyna, for Mace and

obtained from Styrax Benzoin, u

pping of territorial boundaries to which I have alluded, is app

other Spice Islands, such as Ternate, Tidor, Batchian, etc.

hese deceptions and distortions on this Spanish map because on the first map of Australia, which we shall consider by an

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erve that the smaller islands of the East Indian Archipelago, from Java to Flores, are not charted, although they were well-known at the time. There must have been a reas

outh coast was not known. Java, indeed, was believed to be connected with the Great Southern C

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legs towards the mouth of the Straits of Sunda, which is much frequented by our ships. The southern coast, [pig's back] is not freque

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