Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro de Mendaña in 1568

Lord Amherst of Hackney and Basil Thomson

• Contents: Volume I: Preface; Introduction; Native words recorded in the manuscript; Native place-names; A true and correct account of the voyage to the Western isles in the Southern Ocean made by Hernando Gallego, the chief pilot; A short account collected form the papers which they found in the City of la Plata concerning the voyage and discovery of the Western islands commonly called the Isles of Solomon. Attributed to Pedro Sarmiento; A consecutive narrative of all that happened in the discovery of the islands which the illustrious Sr Alvaro Davendana [sic] went to discover from the year 1567 to the year 1568; A second narrative of the discovery of the Isles of Solomon addressed King Philip II of Spain by Alvaro Mendana, Index. Volume II: A brief account of what occurred upon the voyage of Alvaro de Mendana in quest of New Guinea (the anaonymous manuscript); An account of the voyage and discovery which was made in the South Sea under the command of Alvaro de Mendana as general, drawn up by Gomez Hres Catoira, chief purser, custodian of objects for barter and comptroller for His Majesty; A very particular account given to Captain Francisco de Cadres by an indian named Chipo, followed by a strange account of a ship that was driven to an island in Latitude 18 degrees along which she cruised for 50 days without finding an end of it; Index.