href="@public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@25784@[email protected]#map8" class="pginternal" tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">Map of Australia, after Perron's atlas

Map of the east coast of New Holland, after Cook

Captain Cook's chart of Otaheite

Itinerary of the principal voyagers during the 18th century, after Cook

Map of Surville's discoveries, after Fleurieu

Island discovered by M. Marion du Fresnes in 1772, called Prince Edward's Island by Cook in 1776

Map of the journey of La Pérouse, after the atlas published by General Millet-Mureau

Map of the coast of Asia, after the map of La Pérouse's voyage

Map of part of North Africa

Map of part of Western Africa

Map of the Empire of China

Map of North-West America

Map of the two Americas

Itinerary of Humboldt's route in equinoctial America

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

FIRST PART.

CHAPTER I.

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

Expedition of Wood Rogers—Adventures of Alexander Selkirk—Galapagos Island—Puerto Seguro—Return to England—Expedition of George Anson—Staten Island—Juan