xiii, 259 pages 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228)

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The expedition of Ferdinand Magellan -- Toribio Alonso de Salazar -- The Portuguese discoveries -- Alvaro de Saavedra -- The ship of Hernando de Grijalva -- The expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos -- The expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi -- The San Jeronimo, 1566 -- The first expedition of Alvaro Mendaña -- Francis Drake -- The second expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña -- The remnant of Mahu's expedition -- The discoveries of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, Diego de Prado, and Luis Vaez de Torres in 1606 -- Some suppositious early discoveries -- Jacob Le Marie -- Gheen Hugo Schapenham (The Nassau Fleet) -- Abel Janszoon Tasman -- The Spanish penetration of the Marianas -- The Spaniards learn of the Western Carolines -- Edward Davis -- Juan Rodriguez and Bernard de Egui

William Dampier -- Woodes Rogers -- Francisco Padilla -- Jacob Roggeveen -- Norton Hutchinson, James Dewar, and Thomas Baddison -- John Byron -- Samuel Wallis -- Philip Carteret -- Louis Antoine de Bougainville -- James Cook's first voyage -- Duclesmeur -- Domingo de Boenechea and Tomas Gayangos -- Felipe Tompson -- James Cook's second voyage -- James Cook's third voyage, and Charles Clerke -- Francisco Antonio Maurelle -- Jean François de la Pérouse -- Thomas Gilbert and Captain Marshall -- Captain Sever -- John Shortland -- William Bligh's first voyage, and the Bounty mutineers -- Captain Douglas -- Captain Wilkinson -- Edward Edwards and Oliver -- Joseph Ingraham and Étienne Marchand -- George Vancouver and William Robert Broughton -- John Hunter

William Bligh's second voyage -- Captain Weatherhead -- Essex Henry Bond -- Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux -- Captain Musgrave -- William Raven -- Captain Butler -- Captain Mortlock -- Thomas Dennet -- James Wilson -- Captain Fearn -- Edmund Fanning -- Juan Ibargoitia -- Captain Bishop -- Henry Waterhouse -- George Bass -- Flint's Island -- Captain Sawle -- John Buyers -- The Ocean, 1904 -- Samuel William Boll -- James Cary -- Captain Crozer -- Urey Lisianski -- Juan Baptista Monteverde

Abraham Bristow -- Charles James Johnston -- Captain Patterson -- Frederick Hasselbourgh -- Captain Henry -- David Laughlan -- Mikhail Lazarev -- Otto von Kotzebue's first voyage -- Captain Henderson -- Captain De Peyster -- George Barrett -- Joseph Allan -- Thaddeus Bellingshausen -- Captain Browne -- Captain Patrickson -- The Pearl and Hermes, 1822 -- The Abgarris, 1822 -- The Britomart, 1822 -- Louis Isidor Duperrey -- John Williams and John Dibbs -- William Clark -- Obed Starbuck -- Otto von Kotzebue's second voyage -- John Hall -- George Joy

George W. Gardner -- Koerzen and Eeg -- George Anson Byron -- Prince B. Mooers -- Laysan Island -- Early encounters with the Phoenix Islands -- Curé Island -- Frederick William Beechey -- Captain Clerk -- Jules Sébastien César Dumont d'Urville -- George Rule -- Richard Macy -- Fedor Lütke -- J. A. Moerenhout -- Captain Ireland -- Nathaniel Cary -- D'Wolf Island -- Robert Fitz-Roy -- R. L. Hunter and Captain Grimes -- Captain Swain -- John Elphinstone Erskine -- Midway Island

The expedition of Ferdinand Magellan -- Toribio Alonso de Salazar -- The Portuguese discoveries -- Alvaro de Saavedra -- The ship of Hernando de Grijalva -- The expedition of Ruy Lopez de Villalobos -- The expedition of Miguel Lopez de Legaspi -- The San Jeronimo, 1566 -- The first expedition of Alvaro Mendana -- Francis Drake -- The second expedition of Alvaro de Mendana -- The remnant of Mahu's expedition -- The discoveries of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, Diego de Prado, and Luis Vaez de Torres in 1606 -- Some suppositious early discoveries -- Jacob Le Marie -- Gheen Hugo Schapenham (The Nassau Fleet) -- Abel Janszoon Tasman -- The Spanish penetration of the Marianas -- The Spaniards learn of the Western Carolines -- Edward Davis -- Juan Rodriguez and Bernard de Egui

William Dampier -- Woodes Rogers -- Francisco Padilla -- Jacob Roggeveen -- Norton Hutchinson, James Dewar, and Thomas Baddison -- John Byron -- Samuel Wallis -- Philip Carteret -- Louis Antoine de Bougainville -- James Cook's first voyage -- Duclesmeur -- Domingo de Boenechea and Tomas Gayangos -- Felipe Tompson -- James Cook's second voyage -- James Cook's third voyage, and Charles Clerke -- Francisco Antonio Maurelle -- Jean Francʹois de la Perouse -- Thomas Gilbert and Captain Marshall -- Captain Sever -- John Shortland -- William Bligh's first voyage, and the Bounty mutineers -- Captain Douglas -- Captain Wilkinson -- Edward Edwards and Oliver -- Joseph Ingraham and Etienne Marchand -- George Vancouver and William Robert Broughton -- John Hunter

George W. Gardner -- Koerzen and Eeg -- George Anson Byron -- Prince B. Mooers -- Laysan Island -- Early encounters with the Phoenix Islands -- Cure Island -- Frederick William Beechey -- Captain Clerk -- Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville -- George Rule -- Richard Macy -- Fedor Lutke -- J. A. Moerenhout -- Captain Ireland -- Nathaniel Cary -- D'Wolf Island -- Robert Fitz-Roy -- R. L. Hunter and Captain Grimes -- Captain Swain -- John Elphinstone Erskine -- Midway Island

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