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Macrobius, map of the world, tenth centviry, xiv

Magalhaens, Fernando, not the dis- coverer of Australia, xxi ; ofters his services to Spain, sails in search of the Moluccas, xxxix

IMagellan, F. v. Magalhaens

Malaiur, island, supposed to be the kingdom of the Malays, xvi

Maleto, V. JMaletur

Maletur, misspelt for Maleto, xvii ; occurs on maps of the sixteenth century on or near the Terra Aus- tralis, Ixiv, 98

Slanilius, mentions the southern continent, xii

Marco Polo, map, xiv ; account, sup- posed to refer to Australia, xv

Mare Lantchidol, misspelt for Laut Kidol, or Chidol, " South Sea," xvii

Maria, Santa, island, v. Santa Maria

Maria's Land, point at the Delft Bay ; inhabitants very stupid, 172

Martin, Dr., on the map of Dourado, xxiii

Martinez, Joan, Portolano, Ixiii

Matanza island, discovered by Torres, 35

Mauritius, ship, discoveries, lxxxvi ; met by the expedition to New Guinea in 1622, 44

jMeerlust, ship, 183

Mendana de Meyra, Alvaro de, dis- coveries of New Guadalcanal, San Christobal, etc., 17

]Meneses, Jorge de, carried to New Guinea, lxiv

Mercator, Indications of Australia, Ixvii

Metz, Frederic, refutes Dalrymple's insinuations against Cook, xxxi

Metz, Gauthier de, v. Gauthier

Meyenberg, ship, brings the cargo of the Middenrack and Stabroeck over to Batavia, 183

Mibais van Luyck, Gilles, first mer- chant of the Eendraght, lxxxi

Middenrack, wrecks against the Table Bay, 182

Milk-Sea, between Banda and the South Land, 97

jMoluccas, dispute between the Por- tuguese and Spanish, xxxviii; com- mission appointed to, xxxix; right to them sold by Charles V to .John II, xli

Montcrez, Count of, vice-king of Peru,

lxxii Montbret, Coquebcrt, memoir in the

" Bulletin de Sciences," xxxiv Montanus, Arias, Mappemonde, Ixv

Necquebar, v. Nicobar

New Guadalcanal, discovered by Mendana, 17

New Hebrides, the Terra Australis of Quiros, lxxii

New Guinea, discovery, iv ; New Guinea and New Holland supposed to form parts of a southern con- tinent, xi ; made an island in Ortelius's 1587 edition, Ixvii ; ex- pedition under Tasman, instruc- tions, 43 ; the inhabitants, 52 ; de- scription of the country and the natives, 91 ; their weapons, man- ners, 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 (Coram), 97

New Holland, v. Australia

Nibbens, Jan, communication about the Zeewijk, 179, 184

Nicobar, island, Dampier's canoe up- setting, all papers lost, 109

Nieuwvliet, carries the cargo of the wrecked Middenrack and Stabroeck to Batavia, 183

Nobbens, v. Nibbens

Nova Hollandia, patsjallang, dis- coveries, 165

Nuyts, laud of, colony projected, cxv

Nuyts, Pieter, supposed commander of the Guide Zeepard ; country called after him, Ixxxviii

Nijptang, hooker, under Captain Collaert, forms part of Vlamingh's expedition in 1696, 113

Obadiah ; imputed prophecy concern- ing the conquest of the southern hemisphere by Spain, 9

Oero-goba, in New Guinea ; inhabi- tants particularly ugly, 97