"I found the monarch seated on his throne" . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Chinese magic-lantern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365 The Emperor of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 The great wall of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Chinese Prime Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370 "The famous bird Leutze" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372 Port Monterey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Mackenzie's first view of the North Pacific Ocean . . . . . . . . 389 Portrait of Condamine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Celebrated Narrows of Manseriche . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391 Omagua Indians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Portrait of Alex. de Humboldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Gigantic vegetation on the banks of the Temi . . . . . . . . . . . 400 MAPS. Map of France, corrected by order of the King, in accordance with the instructions of the Members of the Academy of Sciences . . . 10 Map of the Eastern Hemisphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Straits of Magellan, after Bougainville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Polynesia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Map of Queen Charlotte Islands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 New Zealand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Louisiade Archipelago . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Map of Australia, after Perron's atlas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Map of the east coast of New Holland, after Cook . . . . . . . . . 126 Captain Cook's chart of Otaheite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Itinerary of the principal voyagers during the 18th century, after Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Map of Surville's discoveries, after Fleurieu . . . . . . . . . . 212 Island discovered by M. Marion du Fresnes in 1772, called Prince Edward's Island by Cook in 1776 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Map of the journey of La Perouse, after the atlas published by General Millet-Mureau . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Map of the coast of Asia, after the map of La Perouse's voyage . . 258 Map of part of North Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Map of part of Western Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Map of the Empire of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362 Map of North-West America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Map of the two Americas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Itinerary of Humboldt's route in equinoctial America . . . . . . . 399 TABLE OF CONTENTS. FIRST PART. CHAPTER I.