Two ships arrive in Manila from South…

Two ships arrive in Manila from South America on June 1, 1607.

One is Queirós’s former flagship San Pedro y San Pablo, now under another name, but with some of her former crewmen still aboard.

Torres, upon earning that Queirós had survived, immediately writes a report of his voyage to Queirós.

Although this account no longer survives, Queirós himself will refer to it in some of his many memorials to the king, agitating for another voyage.

Torres, his crew, and his captives disappear entirely from the historical record at this point, and their subsequent fate is unknown.

Prado returned to Spain, possibly taking one of the captive New Guineans with him.

Most documents of Torres's discoveries were not published, but on reaching Spain, filed away in Spanish archives, including Prado’s lengthy account and the accompanying charts.

Some time between 1762 and 1765, written accounts of the Torres expedition will be seen by British Admiralty Hydrographer Alexander Dalrymple.

Dalrymple will provide a sketch map which includes the Queirós-Torres voyages to Joseph Banks, who undoubtedly passed this information to James Cook.