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A Wager and How Decided

           "Mnemosyne!GoddessofMemory,chastemotheroftheMuses!"heexclaimed,"inspirethyfaithfulservantandferventworshiper!Twohundredandfifty-eightyearsago,myfriends,Australiawasunknown.Strongsuspicionswereentertainedoftheexistenceofagreatsoutherncontinent.InthelibraryofyourBritishMuseum,Glenarvan,therearetwocharts,thedateofwhichis1550,whichmentionacountrysouthofAsia,calledbythePortugueseGreatJava.Butthesechartsarenotsufficientlyauthentic.Intheseventeenthcentury,in1606,Quiros,aSpanishnavigator,discoveredacountrywhichhenamedAustraliadeEspirituSanto.SomeauthorsimaginethatthiswastheNewHebridesgroup,andnotAustralia.Iamnotgoingtodiscussthequestion,however.CountQuiros,Robert,andletuspassontoanother."

           "ONE,"saidRobert.

           "Inthatsameyear,LouisVasdeTorres,thesecondincommandofthefleetofQuiros,pushedfurthersouth.ButitistoTheodoreHertoge,aDutchman,thatthehonorofthegreatdiscoverybelongs.HetouchedthewesterncoastofAustraliain25degreeslatitude,andcalleditEendracht,afterhisvessel.Fromthistimenavigatorsincreased.In1618,Zeachendiscoveredthenorthernpartsofthecoast,andcalledthemArnheimandDiemen.In1618,JanEdelswentalongthewesterncoast,andchristeneditbyhisownname.In1622,Leuwinwentdownasfarasthecapewhichbecamehisnamesake."AndsoPaganelcontinuedwithnameafternameuntilhishearerscriedformercy.

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