Category: Adventure
I. ASTRONOMERS AND CARTOGRAPHERS. PAGE Cassini, Picard, and La Hire--The Meridian line and the map of France--G. Delisle and D'Anville--The shape of the earth-- Maupertuis in Lapland--Condamine at the Equator . . . . . . . . 3
Discoveries made by Bouvet de Lozier in the Southern Seas--Surville-- The land of the Arsacides--Incident during the stay at Port Praslin-- Arrival upon the coast of New Zealand...
15. CHAPTER IV.Search for the Southern Continent--Second stay at New Zealand-- Pomontou Archipelago--Second stay at Tahiti--Reconnoitring Tonga Isles--Third stay at New Zealand--Second crossin...
18. CHAPTER II.Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in Fezzan--Adamson at Senegal-- Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two voyages to the Djoliba, or Niger--Sego--Timbuctoo--Sparmann a...
11. CHAPTER II.Roggewein--The little that is known of him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--The Baumans--New Britain--Arrival in Batavia--Byron--Stay...
14. CHAPTER III.The beginning of his maritime career--The command of the _Adventure_ entrusted to him--Tierra del Fuego--Discovery of some islands in the Pomotou Archipelago--Arrival at Tahiti-...
20. CHAPTER IV.The western coast of America--Juan de Fuca and De Fonte--The three voyages of Behring and Tschirikow--Exploration of the straits of De Fuca--Survey of the Archipelago of New Geo...
16. CHAPTER V.At this date the idea which had sent so many explorers to Greenland was in full force. The question of the existence of a northern passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific,...
12. ill. Carteret himself, attacked by a bilious and inflammatory illness,To stay the ravages of disease, it was necessary to procure provisions at all costs, and this was utterly impossible in this spot. Carteret weighed anchor on the 17th of August,...
10. CHAPTER I.Before we enter upon a recital of the great expeditions of the eighteenth century, we shall do well to chronicle the immense progress made during that period by the sciences. Th...
19. CHAPTER III.Witzen's account of Tartary--China as described by the Jesuits and Father Du Halde--Macartney in China--Stay at Chu-Sang--Arrival at Nankin--Negotiations--Reception of the Embas...
13. ill. The sufferers from scurvy whom we disembarked, and who had notIn addition to this, the health and strength of the natives, who live in cabins open to every wind, and who scarcely cover the ground, which serves them as a bed, with a few lea...
6. CHAPTER I.Discoveries by Bouvet de Lozier in the Southern Seas--Surville-- Land of the Arsacides--Incident during the stay at Port Praslin--Arrival off the Coast of New Ireland--Surville'...
2. CHAPTER II.Roggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--...
9. CHAPTER IV.The Western Coast of America--Juan de Fuca and De Fonte--The three voyages of Behring and Vancouver--The exploration of the Straits of De Fuca--Survey of the Archipelago of New...
3. CHAPTER III.The beginning of his maritime career--The command of the _Adventure_ entrusted to him--Tierra del Fuego--Discovery of some islands in the Pomotou Archipelago--Arrival at Otaheit...
4. CHAPTER IV.Search for the Unknown--Second stay in New Zealand--Pomotou Archipelago--Second Stay at Otaheite--Survey of Tonga Islands-- Third stay in New Zealand--Second crossing of the Pac...
1. CHAPTER I.I. ASTRONOMERS AND CARTOGRAPHERS. PAGE Cassini, Picard, and La Hire--The Meridian line and the map of France--G. Delisle and D'Anville--The shape of the earth-- Maupertuis in La...
5. CHAPTER V.7. CHAPTER II.Shaw in Algeria and Tunis--Hornemann in the Fezzan--Adanson in Senegal--Houghton in Senegambia--Mungo Park and his two journeys to the Djoliba or Niger--Sego and Timbuctoo--Spar...
8. CHAPTER III.Tartary according to Witzen--China according to the Jesuits and Du Halde--Macartney in China--Stay at Chu-Sang--Arrival in Nankin-- Negotiations--Reception of the Embassy by the...