According to a letter in the _Nautical Magazine_ of the year 1843, p. 392, the Trials were also seen by the Dutch ship _Jacobus_, captain Louwerens. It is worthy of remark, that this observer places them in the same longitude, whilst the latitude differs by about 1°.
The late veteran captain C. Brandligt has assured me that he saw them; but he could not find the journals by which he wished to prove the statement to me.
“Rocks and shoals in the ocean have been frequently seen and their true positions given, but on further search could not be found. Now, scientific men may dream, but I am under a strong impression that they do exist; but, from some unknown causes, the ocean has its rise and fall, and they are seen at the lowest ebb only.”
Aagtekerke, perhaps wrecked off the Houtman’s Abrolhos, 182
Aberts, Pieter, skipper, one of the survivors of the “Vergulde Draeck,” 77
Albuquerque, in 1511 sent A. de Breu and F. Serrano, with three ships to Banda and Malacca, lx
Alexander VI, Pope, Bull on the discoveries, xxxvii
Alvaro de Mendana, discovers the Solomon Islands, the Marquesas, Queen Charlotte’s Islands, attempts to establish a Colony on Santa Cruz, lxx
Ambrollossen, Frederic Houtman, _v._ Houtman’s Abrolhos
Amsterdam, island, drawing of, brought back by Vlamingh, in 1696, 113
Amsterdam, shallop, expedition to the South Land under the command of G. T. Pool, 75
Antelope, of London, under the command of Captain Hammond, met by Dampier, 13
Aratus, speaks of a southern continent, xiii
Arias, Dr. Juan Luis, memorial to Philip III, urges the necessity of the discovery of the southern hemisphere, for the sake of converting the natives before the English and Dutch heretics might do it, 1; extract from De Silva’s treatise, 3; prophecies, 4; the southern hemisphere not all water, 12; fertile, habitable, 15; rich in metals, pearls, animals, fruits, 16; A. Mendana de Meyra’s discoveries, 17; P. F. de Quiros, 18; J. Fernandez, 20; Indians of Taumaco indicate a continent southwards, 23; portion of the South Land already visited, larger than Europe, 24; the decline of Spain, caused by the neglect of exploration, 25; final loss of the crown threatened, 28
Arms of Amsterdam, ship, touched at the south coast of New Guinea, in 1619, part of the crew murdered by the natives, 44