. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. â }' ' i. i i ''1-! ' â ) P^l If ;,-'iR I 1 ;'â 1 r i 1 t if- !; i; 'â : I i *''' k â 'i ;>i; ijl' 1 1! 144 ' LA PKROUsfe S VOYAGE himfelf, Co fays tlie account, among the iflamls (ituate to the fouth of America, of which men- tion had been made as foon as he entered into the Great Sea, and which form, with the conti- nent, the o
. A voyage round the world in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 [microform]. Boussole (Frigate); Astrolabe (Frigate); Boussole (Frégate); Astrolabe (Frégate); Voyages around the world; Scientific expeditions; Voyages autour du monde; Expéditions scientifiques. â }' ' i. i i ''1-! ' â ) P^l If ;,-'iR I 1 ;'â 1 r i 1 t if- !; i; 'â : I i *''' k â 'i ;>i; ijl' 1 1! 144 ' LA PKROUsfe S VOYAGE himfelf, Co fays tlie account, among the iflamls (ituate to the fouth of America, of which men- tion had been made as foon as he entered into the Great Sea, and which form, with the conti- nent, the outlet of the flraits. He anchored at thefe iflands, and got two days reII: he filled water, and found herbs, the ufe of which was highly falutary to his crew. A third gale forced him to fca : it was inij^of- fible he could carry any fail, and the coaft, to leeward, prefented nothing but rocks and dan- gers. Happily, at fome leagues to the fouthward of the former anchorage, he fucceedcd fo far as to find another, ftill among the fame iHands. It was here that he! faw the natives of theie places faihng from one ifland to another, with their wives and children ; and he made fome exchanges by way of traffic with them. After three days, a fotirth gale furprizcd him at anchor, and forced him to cut the cable. He gave himfelf up to the fea again, until at laft, fays Fletcher, the 28th of Oftoberj "we reached the ** moft foutherly parts of thefe iflands, and thus " difcovered the extremity of America, the near- ** eft to the ; This extremity, adds he, is fituate near to the 56th degree of latitude, {it is Cape Horn): beyond it there exills no con- tinent, no ifland i here the two feas me&t. 4 Drake. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original La Pérouse, Jean-François de G
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