Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . d in the South Pacific except New Zealand;he settled the situations of numerous old discoveries, rectifyingtheir longitude and remodelling all the charts. On his thirdvoyage he discovered, to the north of the equator, the groupcalled the Sandwich Islands,—a discovery which, all thingsconsidered, and from their situation and products, may be saidto be the most important acquisition ever made in the Pa-cific. He explored what had hitherto remained unknown of thewes
Man upon the sea : or, a history of maritime adventure, exploration, and discovery, from the earliest ages to the present time ... . d in the South Pacific except New Zealand;he settled the situations of numerous old discoveries, rectifyingtheir longitude and remodelling all the charts. On his thirdvoyage he discovered, to the north of the equator, the groupcalled the Sandwich Islands,—a discovery which, all thingsconsidered, and from their situation and products, may be saidto be the most important acquisition ever made in the Pa-cific. He explored what had hitherto remained unknown of thewestern coast of America,—an extent of three thousand fivehundred miles,—and ascertained the proximity of the two greatcontinents of Asia and America. In short, says King, ifwe except the Sea of Amur, and the Japanese Archipelago,which still remain imperfectly known to the Europeans, he hascompleted the hydrography of the habitable globe. AfterChristopher Columbus, Cook acquired, and now, at a distanceof nearly a century, still enjoys, the highest degree of popularitywhich ever fell to the lot of a navigator and LA PE RO U SE. CHAPTER XLVI. LOUIS XVI. AND THE SCIENCE OF NAVIGATION—VOYAGE OF LAP^ROUSE—ARRIVAL AT EASTER ISLANDS-ADDRESS OF THE NATIVES OWHYHEE TRADE AT MOWEE SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN COAST—A REMARKABLE INLET—DISTRESSING CALAMITY—SOJOURN AT MONTEREY—RUN ACROSS THE PACIFIC—THE JAPANESE WATERS ARRIVAL AT PETROPAULOWSKI AFFRAY AT NAVIGATORS ISLES LAPlSROUSE ARRIVES AT BOTANY BAY, AND IS NEVER SEEN AGAIN, ALIVE OR DEAD—VOYAGES MADE IN SEARCH OF HIM DENTRECASTEAUX — DILLON DURVILLE—DISCOVERY OF NUMEROUS RELICS OF THE SHIPS AT MANICOLO—THEORY OF THE FATE OF LAPEROUSE—ERECTION OF A MONUMENT TO HISMEMORY. Louis XVI., King of France, became at this period deeplyinterested in the study of the science of geography and naviga-tion. Upon the perusal of the voyages, discoveries, and services of Cook, he conceived the idea of admitting the Fren
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