. The earth and its inhabitants .. . n° Meridian oF \S0' (J,OOU Miles. Dumont d'TJrville. During the intervening sixty years, rendered memorable by the voyages of Carteret, de Bougainville, Cook, Vancouver, and Laperouse, the geographical work of oceanic research was completed in all its main features. Thenceforth nothing remained and nothing still remains to be done, except to fix more accurately the position of the island groups, to trace their outlines more carefully, indicate all the reefs, survey the doubtful landmarks, and efface those that had been erroneously inserted on the
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . n° Meridian oF \S0' (J,OOU Miles. Dumont d'TJrville. During the intervening sixty years, rendered memorable by the voyages of Carteret, de Bougainville, Cook, Vancouver, and Laperouse, the geographical work of oceanic research was completed in all its main features. Thenceforth nothing remained and nothing still remains to be done, except to fix more accurately the position of the island groups, to trace their outlines more carefully, indicate all the reefs, survey the doubtful landmarks, and efface those that had been erroneously inserted on the official charts. Amongst the explorers of the last century, the first place belongs unquestion- ably to Cook. The year 1769, when the illustrious navigator began his net- work of researches in the Pacific, may be said to rank next to 1521, date of Magellan's voyage, as the chief turning-point in the histoiy of oceanic discovery. Landing at Tahiti, Cook began his gigantic labours with his memorable observa-
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