Richard Henry Major

“ Bachian islands, king of, assisted by Quiros' force, 41
Bandeira, Viscount Sa' de, claim for the discovery of Australia by Magalhaens, xxii
Barbie de Bocage, notice of a hydro-graphical atlas of New Holland, drawn by N. Vallard, xxxv
Barros, on Gomez de Sequeira's voyage, xlvi
Bass's Straits, "Baye neufve," in the old maps, lviii
Batavia, book of dispatches, v. Book
Batavia, under Francis Pelsart, wrecked on the coast of New Holland, 59; a chest with money to be recovered, 50; remains found 178; account of the wreck, and in Thevenot, lxxxix; in. ”

“ Nijptang, hooker, under Captain Collaert; forms part of Vlamingh's expedition in 1696, 113
Obadiah; imputed prophecy concerning the conquest of the southern hemisphere by Spain, 9
Oero-goba, in New Guinea; inhabitants particularly ugly, 97
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, discovery, iv; New Guinea and New Holland supposed to form parts of a southern continent, xi; made an island in Ortelius's 1587 edition, lxvii; expedition under Tasman, instructions, 43; the inhabitants, 52 description of the country and the natives, 91; their weapons, manners, etc., 92; the Ceramers, Papoos; further description of the country and its inhabitants, 95 seqq. New Guinea supposed to be divided from the South Land by a strait terminating in the South Sea; New Guinea in the old maps, under the name of Ceira (Ceram) , 97
New Holland, v. ”

“ Dampier's account, 99; in his time unknown whether an island or a continent, 101; dry soil, yet producing trees, mostly dragon trees, 101; no animals, or beasts, few birds, few fish, but manatree and turtle; description of inhabitants, 102; their habits, etc., 103; no particular worship; weapons; no metal; language not known, 104; unsuccessful attempt to make them carry water; indifferent to cloth, 106; Dampier took several of them, 107; W. Dampier's adventures, from a Sloan MS., 108; W. de Vlamingh's voyage, 112; a kind of scented wood found, 113; description of country and natives, 114 ”

“ Santa Maria island, 37; possession taken of the Ray San Felipe y Santjago, and the land del Espirito Santo, ib.; people black and naked, ib.; departure of the Capitana, 38; pass an archipelago of islands, 39; description of the inhabitants, 40; find Mahometans at the termination of this land, ib.; instructions for the new expedition by the yachts Limmen, Zeemeuw, and Brak under Tasman, 43; former voyages towards New Guinea and the South Laud undertaken for the Dutch East India Company, 44 ”

“ Voyage and shipwreck of F. Pelsart in the Batavia, 59; people on shore savages, black, and quite naked, 64; country flat without vegetation, very large ant-hills only in view, 65; quantities of flies, ib.; see eight savages with clubs, ib. ”