1605 Spanish Expedition to the Pacific New Guinea New Hebrides Hakluyt Society
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1605 Spanish Expedition to the Pacific New Guinea New Hebrides Hakluyt Society LA AUSTRIALIA DEL ESPIRITU SANTO The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla, O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY CELSUS KELLY, O.F.M. With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G. S. PARSONSON HAKLUYT SOCIETY 1966 Pedro Fernandez de Quiros was a remarkable navigator and explorer. Having sailed in 1595 as chief pilot in the ill-fated Spanish expedition to the Solomon Islands, he returned to the 'Austral Lands' —the area of the New Hebrides—in 1605 with another expedition, which is the subject of this volume. In his Introduction Father Kelly sets out to resolve some of the outstanding historical problems of this Quiros expedition in the light of recently discovered documents. At the same time he gives a brief description of the Franciscan missionary apostolate, its contribution to geographical discovery in the Pacific, and its missionary plans for the natives of the Austral lands. He also provides a systematic survey of source material in Spanish, Roman and other European archives. The volume contains thirty-two documents concerning the 1605 expedition, including Manilla's Relacion
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