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The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1 — Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1

Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

  • Travel
  • Book language: English
  • 297 pages

This is the first volume of the Hakluyt Society's translated edition of Pedro Fernandes de Queirós's Pacific voyage accounts from 1595 to 1606, edited by Sir Clements Markham. It recounts Spanish expeditions in search of Terra Australis and their encounters across the Pacific. It offers a firsthand window into early maritime exploration and colonial ambition.

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Contents

  1. COUNCIL OF THE HAKLUYT SOCIETY.
  2. Contents.
  3. DEDICATION.
  4. Introduction.
  5. Comparative List of Maps of the New Hebrides, etc., 1570–1904.
  6. Bibliography, With British Museum Press-marks.
  7. NARRATIVE OF THE Second Voyage OF THE Adelantado Alvaro de Mendaña, BY THE CHIEF PILOT, PEDRO FERNANDEZ DE QUIROS.1
  8. Second Voyage of Alvaro de Mendaña. Chapter I.
  9. Chapter II.
  10. Chapter III.
  11. Chapter IV.
  12. Chapter V.
  13. Chapter VI.
  14. Chapter VII.
  15. Chapter VII.
  16. Chapter VIII.
  17. Chapter IX.
  18. Chapter X.
  19. Chapter XI.
  20. Chapter XII.
  21. Chapter XIII.
  22. Chapter XIV.
  23. Chapter XV.
  24. Chapter XVI.
  25. Chapter XVII.
  26. Chapter XVIII.
  27. Chapter XIX.
  28. Chapter XX.
  29. Chapter XXI.
  30. Chapter XXII.

and 63 more chapters

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