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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I The Carolinas, or New Philippine Islands
- CHAP. II Voyage of Lozier Bouvet, in 1738-9, to search for Lands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
- CHAP. III Voyage round the World, by Commodore George Anson
- CHAP. IV Wreck of the British Frigate the Wager; and the subsequent Proceedings and Adventures of Captain David Cheap, and his Ship's company
- CHAP. V Missionary Voyage to Patagonia. Voyage of the French Ship Le Condé of St. Malo
- CHAP. VI Voyage of the Spanish Ship Leon, to Chili and Peru; and her Return to Europe
- CHAP. VII Monsieur de Bougainville to the Malouines, or Falkland Islands
- CHAP. VIII Of Islands marked in the Charts of the Pacific Ocean, and in the Tables of Situations, concerning which no other notices are found
- CHAP. IX CONCLUDING CHAPTER
- Index
- Plate section
CHAPTER I - The Carolinas, or New Philippine Islands
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I The Carolinas, or New Philippine Islands
- CHAP. II Voyage of Lozier Bouvet, in 1738-9, to search for Lands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
- CHAP. III Voyage round the World, by Commodore George Anson
- CHAP. IV Wreck of the British Frigate the Wager; and the subsequent Proceedings and Adventures of Captain David Cheap, and his Ship's company
- CHAP. V Missionary Voyage to Patagonia. Voyage of the French Ship Le Condé of St. Malo
- CHAP. VI Voyage of the Spanish Ship Leon, to Chili and Peru; and her Return to Europe
- CHAP. VII Monsieur de Bougainville to the Malouines, or Falkland Islands
- CHAP. VIII Of Islands marked in the Charts of the Pacific Ocean, and in the Tables of Situations, concerning which no other notices are found
- CHAP. IX CONCLUDING CHAPTER
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
All the Islands situated Eastward of the Philippines, to as far as thirty-five degrees of longitude, and between the parallels of 5° N and of the Island Guahan, for considerably more than a century past have been distinguished by the general name of the Carolinas, or Caroline Islands. They have also been called the New Philippine Islands, a name which is of later date, but has not superseded the other. The situations of the Islands of this large range which have not been determined or verified by European voyagers within our own time, cannot be supposed to be known with accuracy; and accordingly the best chart that can be made of them is to be regarded as composed of authorities differing much in character with respect to correctness of situations, although satisfactory to the general fact of the existence of the Islands named.
The first Europeans who saw land within the above space, were Diogo da Rocha, a Portuguese, and Alvaro de Saavedra, a Spaniard. In 1526, da Rocha discovered Islands Eastward of Mindanao, in latitude 9° or 10° North, which were named Sequeira, after the Pilot of his vessel. The Isles de Sequeira have been supposed to be the Pelew Islands; but very lately, Islands have been found better corresponding with the account of da Rocha's discovery.
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