. 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. XOITND THE WORtD. I25 37^ 10' and 37^ 45'routh, and their longitude at 16^ 30' or 17 degrees weft of Paris, from a mean refult between the different courfes of feveral (hipSy which point out 34 degrees for the difference of longitude between thefe iflands and the Cape of Good Hope, which is 16° 3' 45" eaft of Paris. Halley fay
. 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. XOITND THE WORtD. I25 37^ 10' and 37^ 45'routh, and their longitude at 16^ 30' or 17 degrees weft of Paris, from a mean refult between the different courfes of feveral (hipSy which point out 34 degrees for the difference of longitude between thefe iflands and the Cape of Good Hope, which is 16° 3' 45" eaft of Paris. Halley fays, in his journal, that he has de- termined the latitude of the moft fouthcrly of thefe iflands to be 37" 25'fouth.âSee page 41 of Ills journal in the work of Mr. Dalrymple, cited in note II. A defcription of thefe iflands is to be found fufficiently particularized in the inftrucflions of Xcplune Oriental^ by M. Dapres, page 10. Befide the anchorage of the north of the prin- cipal of the iflands of Triftan d'Acunha, marked in the chart put into the hands of M. De La Pe- roufe, it is further known (from the report of a navigator worthy of credit, whence the follow- ing particulars are learnt) that there is a kind of port or haven to the eaft of the fouthern point: this port is not vifible in running down the coaft, becaufe it is concealed from the view by great canes or reeds, which being thrown down and lying upon the furface of the water, crofs each other by certain winds, and totally maflc the en- trance of the port; it may be half a mile in breadth. by three quarters of a mile in length ; its figure is very nearly that of a horfe ftioe. The water is found to â .tit'i. :|^ I*, fl f. 'iff 11 »*, M. 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 Galaup, c
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