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Australia "Great South Land of the Holy Spirit"
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‘Let the heavens, the earth, the waters with all their creatures and all those here present witness that I, Captain Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, in these hitherto unknown parts, in the name of Jesus Christ, Son of the Eternal Father and of the Virgin Mary, God and true man, hoist this emblem of the Holy Cross on which his person was crucified and whereon He gave his life for the ransom and remedy of all the human race, being present as witnesses all the land and sea-going officers; on this Day of Pentecost, 14 May 1606.
I take possession of all this part of
the South as far as the pole
in the name of Jesus. I take possession of
all this part of the South as far as the pole in the name of St Francis and in
the name of all his Order and members of it... I take possession of all this
part of the South as far as the pole in the name of John of God and all the
professed members of his Order...
Finally, from this Bay of St Philip and
St James and its port of Vera Cruz and from the place where the city to be known
as the New Jerusalem is to be founded, in this latitude of full 15 1/ 3 degrees,
and of all the lands that I have seen and I am seeing of all this part of the
South as far as the pole. Which from now on shall be called the Southern Land of the Holy Ghost, with all its annexes and dependencies, and this always and forever, in the name of King Philip III who bears the cost and expense of this fleet with which I came to discover the said lands, on whose power and will shall depend the foundation, government and maintenance of all that is sought both temporally and spiritually for these lands and their peoples, in whose name these flags are flown and I hoist this royal standard, in the presence as witnesses of the commander, Luis Baez de Torres, and hoist his royal standard and the other flags, being further witnesses on the Feast of Pentecost, and on the said day, month and year.’ (Emphases added.) |
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His proclamation stated: