Bingham Bulletin | 1929-06-13 | Page 6 | Spanish Sailor First to Discover Australia

Spanish Sailor First to Discover Australia While In South America, Doctor hosenbucb of Philadelphia Is said to have acquired many Interesting papers, pa-pers, Including one which bears the only known signature of the discoverer discov-erer of Australia, Oapt I'edro Fer-dando Fer-dando de yuiros. It commissions Gaspar de Guy and Manuel Noble as sailing masters of the ships San I'edro and San Pedro j Pablo, about to proceed on "the discovery of the unknown austral regions of this South sea by order of the king," and I Is dated Uma, July 27, 1605. On leaving Callno harbor Qtilros was. It Is related In records of him, asked to lay down a course, and he replied: "Let ber go as she Is; God will take her somewhere.'' The ships came to the land fringe of Australia "southern land" and were separated sep-arated by a storm. Returning, Qulros, now penniless, got a new ouflt from Spain to continue the exploration, but died of fever on reaching Panama.