Produced by Ron Swanson (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) CELEBRATED TRAVELS AND TRAVELLERS. THE GREAT NAVIGATORS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN'S SQUARE. [Frontispiece: 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. [Illustration: _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'Abbe). "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. LABILLARDIERE (T.). "Voyage in Search of La Perouse, 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. PERON (F.) and FREYCINET (Louis d'). "Voyage to Australasia, 1800-4." Paris, 1808. PEROUSE (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. THE GREAT 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. PAGE Hoisting the signals for triangulation . . . . . . . . _Frontispiece_