A Voyage Of Discovery To The Southern Hemisphere

"A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" is a historical account of the Baudin expedition to the coast of Australia. The voyage on two ships included about 24 scientists and researchers on board, an unprecedented number for those times. The journey was famous for its numerous discoveries. "A Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere" by naturalist Francois Peron was one of several reports on the expedition. This book is most renowned for the Freycinet Map of 1811, the first published map showing the complete outline of Australia.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1809 edition. Excerpt: ... weighed_ from 122 to 147 hilogrammes; that is, from 950 to 300 pounds; and thus laden with this precious cargo, they effected their return on board. The large harbour which they had discovered, was unanimously dedicated to captain Hamelin. This harbour is not so deep, but is much larger than the one to the westward. Our provisions were now nearly expended, and we had not as yet any news of the Geographer. The captain had done every thing that was possible to effect a junction with that ship; he had not neglected to pursue that rigorous discipline prescribed to him by the orders of government and of his commander. There remained no hope of-his falling in'with the Geographer but at the place from which they set out. He determined therefore toreturn thither without further delay. After this determination, we got under way the 4th ofSeptember for Timor, after having passed forty-nine days in the Bay of Sea-dogs, or rather what we took to be a bay, and of which it remains to us to give a general description. After Dirck-Hartighs and Vlaming, the first European who visited the Bay of Sea-dogs, was Capt. Dampier, who in the time he lived, was a skilful navigator. It was to him _that Europe owed its first and only correct notions of these-countries, until the epoch of our expedition. Dampier an chored to the north of the peninsula Peron, which he himself mistook for an island, and gave the name of Shark's Bay (or Bay of Sea-dogs) to all that space comprized between the isles westward and the continent, without having discovered the form or breadth. Can it be wondered at, that after Darnpier, in general so exact in all his labours, should have given the name of a bay to a heap of gults, harbours, and coves, which have only the general...

Excerpt from Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, Vol. 1 of 2: During the Years 1839 43 4. That the Association considers it highly important that the deficiency, yet existing in our knowledge of terrestrial magnetism in the southern hemisphere, Should be supplied by observations of the magnetic direction 'and intensity, especially in the high southern latitudes between the meridians of New Holland and Cape Horn; and they desire strongly to recommend to Her Majesty's govern ment the appointment of a naval expedition ex pressly directed to that object. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.