Solomon islands, discovered by Mendaña, lxx Sondur island, xv South Land, _v._ Australia Southern continent, existence of, believed anterior to Portuguese discoveries, xiii Southern India, of Gonneville, being Madagascar, xxi Spain, claim to the discovery of Australia, xxi Spult, island, discovery, 45 St. Brandan, island, ii St. Paul, island, Vlamingh’s expedition was to land there, 113 Sta. Maria, _v._ Santa Maria Stabroeck, wreck, 182 Steyns, Jan, communication about the wreck of the Zeewijck, 179, 180; indicted before the court, 181 Strabo, speaks of a southern continent, xiii Struyck, Nicholas, tract, containing an account of Dampier’s voyage, 114 Swans, black, cviii, 114 Taomaco, island, 36 Tasman, Abel Janszen, discovers Tasmania, explores Torres Straits, xciii; his lost papers quoted by Witsen, xciv; outlines of the coasts visited by him, represented on the floor of the Stadhuis at Amsterdam, xcv; maps, xcvi; notes of his voyage by Witsen, xcviii; instructions for the expedition to New Guinea, 43; map found wrong by Dampier, 152 Temple, Sir William, on the secrecy of the Dutch about their discoveries, vi Ternate, on the Moluccas, fortified, xxxvii Testu, Guillaume le, _v._ Le Testu Themara, Francisco, Libro de las costumbres, lxiv Theopompus, mentions an island beyond the then known world, ii Thevet, “Cosmographie Universelle,” 1575, lxvi Tierra baixa, lxviii Tierra del Fuego, discovered by Magelhaens, xxvi; mistaken for New Guinea, _ib._ Tin plate, with the names of Dirk Hartog and others of the Eendraght, found by Vlamingh’s expedition, 130 Toppers-hoëtien, island, 68 Tomai, the chief of Taomaco, 36 Tobi island, _v._ Lord North’s island Torres, Luis Vaez de, commander of the Almirante, lxxiii; discoveries, 20; relation of the discoveries of Quiros, 31 Torres’ Straits, name, lxxii; passed by Tasman, xcii Trial Rocks, opinions on, 186 Tristan d’Acunha, drawing of; Vlamingh’s expedition was to land there, 113, 119 Turtledove, shoal, 177 Vaderland Getrouw, extract from the skipper’s journal, 187 Valerio, San, _v._ San Valerio Vallard, Nicholas, MS. Atlas with his name, xxxv Van Diemen, Antonio, on the Houtman’s Abrolhos, 187 Van Diemen’s Land, so named from the governor-general, xciii; north-west corners explored by the Vossenbosch expedition, 166 Van Keulen, map, xcvi Van Wijck Roelandszoon, _v._ Roelandszoon Varckenshoek, west point of Rooseboom’s Bay, 168 Vaz Dourado, map, xxiii Veerman, sent to the wreck of the Zeewijck, 186 Vergulde Draeck, expedition, cv; wreck, 77 Vianen, ship, discovery, lxxxix, 45 Villalobos, Ruy Lopez de, attempting a settlement on the Philippine islands, lxx Vinck, flyboat, in search of the Vergulde Draeck, 79 Virgines, islands, 32 Visser, chief pilot with Tasman, instructions, 43 Vlamingh, Cornelis de, captain of the Weseltje, 113