1st Edition

The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606 Volumes I-II

Edited By Sir Clements Markham Copyright 2010

    Three narratives of voyages to the Pacific, translated and edited. The main pagination of this and the following volume (Second Series 15) is continuous. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1904. Owing to technical constraints it has not been possible to reproduce the three maps original included in a pocket at the back of the first edition of the work.

    DEDICATION, INTRODUCTION, NOTE ON THE CARTOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTHERN CONTINENT, BIBLIOGRAPHY, I.—Narrative of the Second Voyage of the Adelantado Alvaro de Mendaña, II.—Narrative of the Voyage of the Adelantado Alvarez de Mendaña de Niera for the Discovery of the Islands of Solomon, III.—Narrative of the Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros in 1606, for the Discovery of the Austrial Regions, IV.-True Account of the Events of the Voyage that the Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros madt to the unknown Southern lands, by Gaspar de Leza, Chief Pilot of the said Fleet, V.-Torquemada's Account of the Voyage of Quiros, VI.-Letter from Luis Vaez de Torres to the King of Spain VII.-Legends on the Four Map~ signed by Diego de Prado y Tobar, APPENDIX, INDEX, MAPS

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    Sir Clements Markham