Project Gutenberg's Celebrated Travels and Travellers, by Jules VerneThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: Celebrated Travels and TravellersPart 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth CenturyAuthor: Jules VerneIllustrator: Paul PhilippoteauxLéon BenettMatthisRelease Date: June 14, 2008 [EBook #25784]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS ***Produced by Ron Swanson (This file was produced from imagesgenerously made available by The Internet Archive/CanadianLibraries)The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth CenturyCELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.THE GREAT NAVIGATORSOF THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY.LONDON:GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.Hoisting the signals for triangulationHoisting the signals for triangulation.CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.THE GREAT NAVIGATORSOF THEEIGHTEENTH CENTURY.BY JULES VERNE.WITH 96 ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHILIPPOTEAUX, BENETT, AND MATTHIS,AND 20 MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.Ship driven on the rocksTRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.London:SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.1880.[All rights reserved.]PUBLISHERS' NOTE.This volume forms the second of three volumes under the general title of CELEBRATED ...
Project Gutenberg's Celebrated Travels and Travellers, by Jules Verne
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org
Title: Celebrated Travels and Travellers
Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Jules Verne
Illustrator: Paul Philippoteaux
Léon Benett
Matthis
Release Date: June 14, 2008 [EBook #25784]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS ***
Produced by Ron Swanson (This file was produced from images
generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian
Libraries)
The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.
THE GREAT NAVIGATORS
OF THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
LONDON:
GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS,
ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.
Hoisting the signals for triangulation
Hoisting the signals for triangulation.
CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS.THE GREAT NAVIGATORS
OF THE
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
BY JULES VERNE.
WITH 96 ILLUSTRATIONS BY PHILIPPOTEAUX, BENETT, AND MATTHIS,
AND 20 MAPS BY MATTHIS AND MORIEU.
Ship driven on the rocks
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
London:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON,
CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET.
1880.
[All rights reserved.]
PUBLISHERS' NOTE.
This volume forms the second of three volumes under the general title of CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. The first
volume, already published, is entitled THE EXPLORATION OF THE WORLD, and covers a period in the World's History
extending from B.C. 505, to the close of the xviith century. The present volume extends over the xviiith century, and the third
volume will give an account of the GREAT EXPLORERS AND TRAVELLERS OF THE XIXTH CENTURY.
LIST OF WORKS CONSULTED.
ANSON (Geo., Lord). "Voyage round the World in 1740-44."
BARROW (Sir John). "Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa." London, 1806.
BOUGAINVILLE (Com. de). "Voyage round the World, 1766-69." Paris, 1771.BRUCE (James). "Travels in Abyssinia between 1768-73." Edin., 1813.
COOK (Captain James). "Second Voyage to the South Pole and Round the World, 1772-75." London, 1777.
COOK and KING (Captain James). "Third Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1776-80." London, 1784.
GROSIER (L'Abbé). "China, General Description of the Empire." Paris, 1735.
HAWKESWORTH (Dr. J.). "Account of the Voyages of Discovery in the Southern Hemisphere by Commodore Byron, and
Captains Wallis, Carteret, and Cook." London, 1773.
KENNEDY. "New Zealand." London, 1873.
LABILLARDIÈRE (T.). "Voyage in Search of La Pérouse, 1791-93." Paris, 1801.
MASON. "Costumes of China." London, 1800.
PARK (Mungo). "Travels in Africa." London, 1815-16.
PARKINSON (S.). "Voyage to the South Seas." London, 1784.
PÉRON (F.) and FREYCINET (Louis d'). "Voyage to Australasia, 1800-4." Paris, 1808.
PÉROUSE (J. Fr. G. de la). "Voyage round the World, 1785-88." Paris, 1798.
"TRANSACTIONS of the French Academy of Sciences," Vol. 7. Paris.
VAILLANT (Fr. le). "Travels in the Interior of Africa." Paris, 1790.
VANCOUVER (Capt. G.). "Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and round the World, from 1790-95." London,
1798.
THEGREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE 18TH CENTURY.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS
REPRODUCED IN FAC-SIMILE FROM THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS,
GIVING THE SOURCES WHENCE THEY ARE DERIVED.
PART THE FIRST.
Hoisting the signals for triangulation
Pierre Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Selkirk falling over the precipice with his prey
"I plunged my pike into his breast"
Fight between the Centurion and a Spanish galleon
"The council chose the latter alternative"
"Most of them on horseback"
"One of them tore the carrion with his teeth"
"They made a thousand grimaces"
The natives waving palm-leaves as a sign of welcome
Head-dresses of natives of Otahiti
"Pursued by the arrows of the natives"
A struggle between the Swallow and a Malay prah
Portrait of Bougainville
"We made them sing"
Lancers' Island
Pirogue of the Marquesas Islands
Mdlle. Barré's adventure
Captain James Cook
"They were pursued so closely"
Otahitian flute-player
A Fa-toka, New Zealand
Interior of a morai in Hawaii
Tatooed head of a New Zealander
An I-pah
A New Zealand family
"They were kangaroos"
Otahitian fleet off Oparee
"Three Indians emerged from the wood"
Among the icebergsNew Zealand war canoe
New Zealand utensils and weapons
"Who passed his days in being fed by his wives"
O-Too, King of Otaheite
Monuments in Easter Island
Natives of Easter Island
Natives of the Marquesas
Typical natives of the Sandwich Islands
"The natives had sufficient confidence"
"With the roof of considerable height"
View of Christmas Sound
Kerguelen Islands
Fête in Cook's honour at Tonga
Human sacrifice at Otahiti
Tree, from beneath which Cook observed the transit of Venus
Cook's reception by the natives
Prince William's Sound
"They gave him a little pig"
PART THE SECOND.
Pirogues of the Admiralty Islands
"Picking up the enemies' weapons"
"A lighted brand was also presented to them"
"The only one who had escaped"
"A man's skull was found"
Portrait of La Pérouse
Costumes of the inhabitants of Conception
Inhabitants of Easter Island
Typical natives of the Port des Français
Shipwreck of French boats outside the Port des Français
"An Indian with a stag's head over his own"
He traced the coast of Tartary
Typical Orotchys
Portrait of D'Entrecasteaux
"They came upon four natives"
Fête in honour of D'Entrecasteaux at the Friendly Islands
Typical native of New Holland
Natives of New CaledoniaView of the Island of Bouron
Native hut in Endracht Land
King of the Island of Timor
The Swan River
"A sail was seen on the horizon"
"The sick were carried on shore"
View of Sydney
Water-carrier at Timor
"He received a cordial welcome"
The Baobab
Portrait of Mungo Park
Natives of Senegal
A Hottentot
A Bosjeman
"Till Master Rees had given his verdict"
A Kaffir woman
Portrait of James Bruce
"I found the monarch seated on his throne"
Chinese magic-lantern
The Emperor of China
The great wall of China
Chinese Prime Minister
"The famous bird Leutzé"
Port Monterey
Mackenzie's first view of the North Pacific Ocean
Portrait of Condamine
Celebrated Narrows of Manseriche
Omagua Indians
Portrait of Alex. de Humboldt
Gigantic vegetation on the banks of the Temi
MAPS.
Map of France, corrected by order of the King, in accordance with the instructions of the Members of the Academy of
Sciences
Map of the Eastern Hemisphere
Straits of Magellan, after Bougainville
PolynesiaMap of Queen Charlotte Islands
New Zealand
Louisiade Archipelago
Map of Australia, after Perron's atlas
Map of the east coast of New Holland, after Cook
Captain Cook's chart of Otaheite
Itinerary of the principal voyagers during the 18th century, after Cook
Map of Surville's discoveries, after Fleurieu
Island discovered by M. Marion du Fresnes in 1772, called Prince Edward's Island by Cook in 1776
Map of the journey of La Pérouse, after the atlas published by General Millet-Mureau
Map of the coast of Asia, after the map of La Pérouse's voyage
Map of part of North Africa
Map of part of Western Africa
Map of the Empire of China
Map of North-West America
Map of the two Americas
Itinerary of Humboldt's route in equinoctial AmericaTABLE OF CONTENTS.
FIRST PART.
CHAPTER I.
I.
ASTRONOMERS AND CARTOGRAPHERS.
Cassini, Picard, and La Hire—The Meridian line and the map of France—G. Delisle and D'Anville—The shape of
the earth—Maupertuis in Lapland—Condamine at the Equator
II.
VOYAGES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
Expedition of Wood Rogers—Adventures of Alexander Selkirk—Galapagos Island—Puerto Seguro—Return to
England—Expedition of George Anson—Staten Island—Juan Fernandez—Tinian—Macao—Taking of the vessel—
Canton river—Results of the Cruise
CHAPTER II.
CAPTAIN COOK'S PREDECESSORS.
I.
Roggewein—Scanty information respecting him—The uncertainty of his discoveries—Easter Island—The
Pernicious Islands—Bauman Islands—New Britain—Arrival at Batavia—Byron—Stay at Rio Janeiro and Port
Desire—Entrance into Magellan's Strait—Falkland Islands and Port Egmont—The Fuegians—Mas-a-fuero—
Disappointment Islands—Danger Islands—Tinian—Return to Europe
II.
Wallis and Carteret—Preparations for the Expedition—Difficult Navigation of the Strait of Magellan—Separation of
t he Dauphin and Swallow—Whitsunday Island—Queen Charlotte's Island—Cumberland and Henry Islands—
Otaheite—Howe, Boscawen, and Keppel Islands—Wallis Islands—Batavia—The Cape—The Downs—Discovery of
Pitcairn, Osnaburgh, and Gloucester Islands by Carteret—Santa Cruz Archipelago—Solomon Islands—St.
George's Strait and New Ireland—Portland Island and the Admiralty Islands—Macassar and Batavia—Meeting with
Bougainville in the Atlantic
III.
Bougainville—Changes in the life of a Notary's son—Colonization of the Falkland Islands—Buenos Ayres and Rio
Janiero—Cession of the Falkland Islands to Spain—Hydrographical Survey of the Straits of Magellan—The
Pecherais—The Four Facardins—Otaheite—Incidents of stay there—Productions of the country and manners of the
people—Samoan Islands—Tierra del Santo Espirito or the New Hebrides—The Louisiade—Anchorite Islands—
New Guinea—Buotan—From Batavia to St. Malo
CHAPTER III.
CAPTAIN COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE.
I.
The beginning of his maritime career—The command of the Adventure entrusted to him—Tierra del Fuego—
Discovery of some islands in the Pomotou Archipelago—Arrival at Otaheite—Manners and Customs of the
inhabitants—Discovery of other islands in the Society group—Arrival off New Zealand—Interview with the natives—