{"product_id":"2940012173720","title":"CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY","description":"TABLE OF CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFIRST PART.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003eASTRONOMERS AND CARTOGRAPHERS.\u003cbr\u003e                                                                  PAGE\u003cbr\u003eCassini, Picard, and La Hire--The Meridian line and the map of\u003cbr\u003e  France--G. Delisle and D'Anville--The shape of the earth--\u003cbr\u003e  Maupertuis in Lapland--Condamine at the Equator  . . . . . . . .   3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003eVOYAGES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExpedition of Wood Rogers--Adventures of Alexander Selkirk--\u003cbr\u003e  Galapagos Island--Puerto Seguro--Return to England--Expedition\u003cbr\u003e  of George Anson--Staten Island--Juan Fernandez--Tinian--Macao--\u003cbr\u003e  Taking of the vessel--Canton river--Results of the Cruise  . . .  13\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eCAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoggewein--Scanty information respecting him--The uncertainty of\u003cbr\u003e  his discoveries--Easter Island--The Pernicious Islands--Bauman\u003cbr\u003e  Islands--New Britain--Arrival at Batavia--Byron--Stay at Rio\u003cbr\u003e  Janeiro and Port Desire--Entrance into Magellan's Strait--\u003cbr\u003e  Falkland Islands and Port Egmont--The Fuegians--Mas-a-fuero--\u003cbr\u003e  Disappointment Islands--Danger Islands--Tinian--Return to\u003cbr\u003e  Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWallis and Carteret--Preparations for the Expedition--Difficult\u003cbr\u003e  Navigation of the Strait of Magellan--Separation of the\u003cbr\u003e  _Dauphin_ and _Swallow_--Whitsunday Island--Queen Charlotte's\u003cbr\u003e  Island--Cumberland and Henry Islands--Otaheite--Howe, Boscawen,\u003cbr\u003e  and Keppel Islands--Wallis Islands--Batavia--The Cape--The\u003cbr\u003e  Downs--Discovery of Pitcairn, Osnaburgh, and Gloucester Islands\u003cbr\u003e  by Carteret--Santa Cruz Archipelago--Solomon Islands--St.\u003cbr\u003e  George's Strait and New Ireland--Portland Island and the\u003cbr\u003e  Admiralty Islands--Macassar and Batavia--Meeting with\u003cbr\u003e  Bougainville in the Atlantic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBougainville--Changes in the life of a Notary's son--Colonization\u003cbr\u003e  of the Falkland Islands--Buenos Ayres and Rio Janiero--Cession\u003cbr\u003e  of the Falkland Islands to Spain--Hydrographical Survey of the\u003cbr\u003e  Straits of Magellan--The Pecherais--The Four Facardins--\u003cbr\u003e  Otaheite--Incidents of stay there--Productions of the country\u003cbr\u003e  and manners of the people--Samoan Islands--Tierra del Santo\u003cbr\u003e  Espirito or the New Hebrides--The Louisiade--Anchorite\u003cbr\u003e  Islands--New Guinea--Buotan--From Batavia to St. Malo  . . . . .  71\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eCAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe beginning of his maritime career--The command of the\u003cbr\u003e  _Adventure_ entrusted to him--Tierra del Fuego--Discovery of\u003cbr\u003e  some islands in the Pomotou Archipelago--Arrival at Otaheite--\u003cbr\u003e  Manners and Customs of the inhabitants--Discovery of other\u003cbr\u003e  islands in the Society group--Arrival off New Zealand--\u003cbr\u003e  Interview with the natives--Discovery of Cook's Strait--\u003cbr\u003e  Circumnavigation of two large islands--Manners of the people\u003cbr\u003e  and productions of the country . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSurvey of the Eastern Coast of Australia--Botany Bay--Wreck of\u003cbr\u003e  the _Endeavour_--Crossing Torres Straits--Return to England  . . 125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eCAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearch for the Unknown--Second stay in New Zealand--Pomotou\u003cbr\u003e  Archipelago--Second Stay at Otaheite--Survey of Tonga Islands--\u003cbr\u003e  Third stay in New Zealand--Second crossing of the Pacific--\u003cbr\u003e  Survey of Easter Island--Visit to the Marquesas  . . . . . . . . 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFresh visit to Otaheite and the Friendly Archipelago--Exploration\u003cbr\u003e  of the New Hebrides--Discovery of New Caledonia and the Island\u003cbr\u003e  of Pines--Stay in Queen Charlotte's Strait--South Georgia--\u003cbr\u003e  Accident to the _Adventure_  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eCAPTAIN COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSearch for lands discovered by the French--Stay in Van Diemen's\u003cbr\u003e  land--Queen Charlotte's Strait--Palmerston Island--Grand fêtes\u003cbr\u003e  at the Tonga Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscovery of the Sandwich Islands--Exploration of the Western\u003cbr\u003e  Coast of America--From thence to Behring Straits--Return to the\u003cbr\u003e  Hawaian Archipelago--History of Rono--Cook's death--Return of\u003cbr\u003e  the Expedition to England  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSECOND PART.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eFRENCH NAVIGATORS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscoveries by Bouvet de Lozier in the Southern Seas--Surville--\u003cbr\u003e  Land of the Arsacides--Incident during the stay at Port\u003cbr\u003e  Praslin--Arrival off the Coast of New Ireland--Surville's\u003cbr\u003e  death--Marion's discoveries in the Antarctic Ocean--His massacre\u003cbr\u003e  in New Zealand--Kerguelen in Iceland and the Arctic Regions--The\u003cbr\u003e  Contest of the Watches--Fleu","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default 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