Excerpt from The History of AustralasiaPedro fernandez DE quiros - pilot IN the spanish expedition OF 1594 - 1113 previous adven tures - superstition respecting the south sea - fate OF the earliest navigators quiros AT peru - asserts the existence OF A great southern continent - sent TO spain - obtains orders for AN expedition - sails from callao luis varz DE torres - expedi tion - lands AT AN island - taumaco - manicolo - australia del espiritu santo - hos tility OF the natives - quiros sails for mexico - his appeals To philip the second another expedition - DE quiros sets out, but dies AT panama - adventures OF torres new hebrides - new guinea - sights the northern coast OF the southern continent had passed unwitting throuoii torres straits - returns TO manilla - his account OF ms voyage spanish carelessness - torres strait named.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.