| 15 |
| II. |
The First Human Inhabitants of Australasia |
46 |
| III. |
Spanish and Portuguese Explorers lead the Way to the Pacific Ocean |
88 |
| IV. |
Dutch Discoveries |
129 |
| V. |
Dampier's Voyages |
148 |
| VI. |
James Cook's First Voyage |
178 |
| VII. |
New South Wales |
225 |
| VIII. |
Cook's Second and Third Voyages |
252 |
| IX. |
Bligh and the "Bounty" |
278 |
| X. |
The Results of the Pioneers' Work |
290 |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| COLOURED PLATES |
| Page |
| Magellan visiting the King of Sebu |
Frontispiece |
| An Australian Aborigine navigating a Raft |
48 |
| Tasman's Men attacked by Natives off the Coast of New Zealand |
136 |
| Dampier and his Crew watching a Volcanic Eruption |
174 |
| Captain Cook's Arrival at Tahiti (1769) |
192 |
| Captain Cook at Botany Bay |
228 |
| Captain Bligh and his Men searching for Oysters off the Great Barrier Reef |
282 |
| Whaling in the South Seas |
298 |
| BLACK-AND-WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS |
| The Biggest of the Kangaroos |
38 |
| Papuan of South-east New Guinea, near Port Moresby, and Oceanic Negro Type from the Northernmost Solomon Islands |
60 |
| A Typical Polynesian, and an Australoid Type from Northern Queensland |
80 |
| The Two Dutch Ships under Tasman's Command (the Heemskerk and the Zeehaen) at Anchor in the Tonga Islands, Pacific |
140 |
| The Island of Tahiti and its extraordinary Double Canoes: as seen by Captain Cook |
206 |
| A View of Dusky Bay, on the Great South Island of New Zealand, with a Maori Family: as seen by Captain Cook |
222 |
| A Chief at St. Christina, in the Marquezas Archipelago, and a Man of Easter Island |
266 |
| A Dancing Ground and Drums at Port Sandwich, Malekala (Mallicolo) Island, New Hebrides. Tambu House (Temple) in Background |
276 |
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| Map of the Malay Archipelago |
26 |
| Map of Australasia |
148 |
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