. A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean ; illustrated with charts. ^tongiluile West from the Arcridiau of ^ the Observatorv at Cireenwiclt. Af/f/l ItVf,/ flY /•? ^, ...,,rJu,., A-Ar(.rJ^r/,.,».fnr lyj.,»,rj Bur,,^ . if.,yf.^fS< [ 383 ] nearly in the same latitude, being found in the chart of thetrack of the Galeon, pubhshed with Commodore Ansons vo3age,where they are placed within 25 degrees of longitude from theSouth Cape of Califoirnia. The chart and dedication of Rotz, as well as the account citedby M. de Brosses, are proofs that,
. A chronological history of the discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean ; illustrated with charts. ^tongiluile West from the Arcridiau of ^ the Observatorv at Cireenwiclt. Af/f/l ItVf,/ flY /•? ^, ...,,rJu,., A-Ar(.rJ^r/,.,».fnr lyj.,»,rj Bur,,^ . if.,yf.^fS< [ 383 ] nearly in the same latitude, being found in the chart of thetrack of the Galeon, pubhshed with Commodore Ansons vo3age,where they are placed within 25 degrees of longitude from theSouth Cape of Califoirnia. The chart and dedication of Rotz, as well as the account citedby M. de Brosses, are proofs that, at that early period, manyvoyages were undertaken; and, it may be concluded, manydiscoveries made, of which no account Avas ever published ;that of som^, every remembrance has died away; and thevarious indications that appear in the old charts, to which noclue can be found, may be the remains, and possibly the onlyremains^ of others. END OP PART I. APPENDIX. [ 385 ] APPENDIX. Remarks on the Projection of Charts, and particularly on the Degreeof Curvature proper to be given to the Parallels of Latitude, TH E general Chart of the South Sea, or Pacific Ocean, at theb
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