Moluccas, dispute between the Portuguese and Spanish, xxxviii; commission appointed to, xxxix; right to them sold by Charles V to John II. xli Monterey, Count of, vice-king of Peru, lxxii Montbret, Coquebert, memoir in the “Bulletin de Sciences,” xxxiv Montanus, Arias, Mappemonde, lxv 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 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._ Australia Nibbens, Jan, communication about the Zeewijk, 179, 184 Nicobar, island, Dampier’s canoe upsetting, all papers lost, 109 Nieuwvliet, carries the cargo of the wrecked Middenrack and Stabroeck to Batavia, 183 Nobbens, _v._ Nibbens Nova Hollandia, patsjallang, discoveries, 165 Nuyts, land of, colony projected, cxv Nuyts, Pieter, supposed commander of the Guide Zeepard; country called after him, lxxxviii 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 Oyster bay, in Tasmania, lviii Papoos, at New Guinea, 94 Parmentier, Jean, of Dieppe, voyage to Sumatra, lix Paulmier de Gonneville, _v._ Gonneville Pelsart, Francis, Captain of the Batavia, lxxxix; shipwreck, 59 Pelsart’s group, off the Houtman’s Abrolhos, 178 Pentam, island, xv; supposed to be Bintam, xvi Pera, yacht, voyage to New Guinea, 44 Petan, occurring on the old maps on or near the Terra Australis, lxiv Philip III memorial to, by Arias, 1 Philippine islands, settlements attempted by the Spanish, lxx Pietersen Pieters, _v._ Pietersz Pietersz, Pieter, super cargo, takes the command of the expedition to New Guinea after Pool’s death, discovers the coast of Arnhem or Van Diemen’s Land, xciii, 46 Pinzon, Vincent Yanez, discoveries on behalf of Spain, xxxviii Pita Ka’t, gave the natives of Tobi island their form of religion, 1 Plancius, Peter, opens a school for the purpose of teaching the way to India, lxxviii Poel, Gerrit Tomaz, _v._ Pool Polonia, Sta., _v._ Santa Polonia