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Seeking the legendary Great South Land, the Spanish conquistadors of the late 16th and early 17th centuries sailed from South America into the unknown southwestern Pacific. Crossing the planet's largest ocean in small wooden ships with rudimentary navigation, these conquistadors encountered for the first time the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, the south coast of New Guinea, and the east coast of Australia. In addition, the book recounts such little known details as the attempts to colonize that ended in death and disaster, the violent confrontations and tentative friendships with the indigenous people, and the search for King Solomon’s mythical land, Ophir. A new perspective on the intriguing story of the discovery of Torres Strait in 1606 and the search for the Great South Land.In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Vaes de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait and very possibly the first European to sight the east coast of Australia.Terra Australis Incognita focuses new light on the Spanish voyages of discovery that sailed from South America into the unknown south western Pacific in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Crossing the planet's largest ocean in small wooden ships with rudimentary navigation, these Spanish conquistadors were in search of the legendary Great South Land first imagined by the ancient Greeks.This is a story of passionate beliefs, of high hopes and catastrophic failures, of attempted colonies that ended in death and disaster, of violent confrontations and tentative friendship with indigenous people, of a fierce clash of cultures, and relentless ambition in search of the gold of King Solomon's Ophir. It is also the story of the visionary adventurer Quiros who planned a New Jerusalem in today's Vanuatu, the ruthless woman governor Dona Isabel, the Solomon Islander chief Bilebanarra who was a friend of the Spaniards and, of course, the great leader of men Luis Vaes de Torres.Terra Australis Incognita is a thoroughly researched, lucidly written and unique narrative on the little known history of the great Spanish explorations of the Pacific Ocean. Part Title......Page 1 Dedication......Page 2 Title Page......Page 3 Contents......Page 5 Acknowledgments......Page 7 Chronology......Page 9 List of Illustrations......Page 11 Map......Page 12 Map......Page 13 Prologue......Page 15 1 Gold, Souls and a Mythical Continent......Page 21 2 The First Voyage: 1567–69......Page 27 3 Las Yslas de Salomon......Page 37 4 Guadalcanal......Page 48 5 The Last Anchorage......Page 55 6 The Journey Back......Page 61 7 The Second Voyage: 1595–1596......Page 67 8 '. . . we opened fire on them'......Page 79 9 Journey to Manila......Page 97 10 Quiros......Page 105 11 The third voyage: 1605–1606......Page 122 12 The voyage begun......Page 132 13 La Australia del Espiritu Santo......Page 169 14 Knighthoods and a City of Marble......Page 179 15 Separation......Page 189 16 The Last Journeys of Quiros......Page 196 17 A Different Commander......Page 200 18 The Traverse of Torres Strait......Page 211 19 'Where are we?'......Page 219 20 Ternate and Manila......Page 226 21 A Legacy of Islands......Page 234 Glossary......Page 239 Notes......Page 242 Bibliography......Page 264 Index......Page 280