Author: BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.
Title: The Exploration Of The Pacific.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi, 346; 4 large foldout maps; original blue cloth, title in gilt on spine, spine and corners bumped, bottom edge of pages uncut, bookplate, staining to first few pages, a good copy. London, A. & C. Black, 1934. First large foldout map shows routes of voyages of Magellan, Mendana, Quiros Torres, Schouter and Le Maire, Mendana and Quiros. Second shows voyages of Tasman's two voyages and Dampier in the Roebuck. Third shows voyages of Byron, Carteret, Wallis and Bougainville. Fourth is of Captain Cook's 3 voyages. Author also reaches into possible early voyages by Incas into the Pacific. The name of the Solomon Islands stems from traditions that the Land of Ophir the source of King Solomon's gold came from the Pacific.

Keywords: discovery exploration maritime Mendana Quiros Magellan Torres Australia Hawaii Solomon Islands Cortes Alvarado Ophir Francis Drake Dampier Furneaux New Zealand