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- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I The Carolinas, or New Philippine Islands
- CHAP. II Voyage of Lozier Bouvet, in 1738-9, to search for Lands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
- CHAP. III Voyage round the World, by Commodore George Anson
- CHAP. IV Wreck of the British Frigate the Wager; and the subsequent Proceedings and Adventures of Captain David Cheap, and his Ship's company
- CHAP. V Missionary Voyage to Patagonia. Voyage of the French Ship Le Condé of St. Malo
- CHAP. VI Voyage of the Spanish Ship Leon, to Chili and Peru; and her Return to Europe
- CHAP. VII Monsieur de Bougainville to the Malouines, or Falkland Islands
- CHAP. VIII Of Islands marked in the Charts of the Pacific Ocean, and in the Tables of Situations, concerning which no other notices are found
- CHAP. IX CONCLUDING CHAPTER
- Index
- Plate section
CHAP. II - Voyage of Lozier Bouvet, in 1738-9, to search for Lands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I The Carolinas, or New Philippine Islands
- CHAP. II Voyage of Lozier Bouvet, in 1738-9, to search for Lands in the Southern Atlantic Ocean
- CHAP. III Voyage round the World, by Commodore George Anson
- CHAP. IV Wreck of the British Frigate the Wager; and the subsequent Proceedings and Adventures of Captain David Cheap, and his Ship's company
- CHAP. V Missionary Voyage to Patagonia. Voyage of the French Ship Le Condé of St. Malo
- CHAP. VI Voyage of the Spanish Ship Leon, to Chili and Peru; and her Return to Europe
- CHAP. VII Monsieur de Bougainville to the Malouines, or Falkland Islands
- CHAP. VIII Of Islands marked in the Charts of the Pacific Ocean, and in the Tables of Situations, concerning which no other notices are found
- CHAP. IX CONCLUDING CHAPTER
- Index
- Plate section
Summary
In the year 1735, M. Lozier Bouvet, a French Sea Officer, presented a memorial to the French Compagnie des Indes, recommending to them to cause search to be made for the countries long before discovered by the Sieur de Gonneville, which were supposed to lie to the South of the Cape of Good Hope, not many degrees distant from the same meridian; and offering to undertake the search if they would furnish the means. The Company conceived that an establishment on a land so situated, would be convenient for the refreshment of their ships bound to or from India, that thence they might hold commerce with the Brasils, or the South Sea; and that in times of war, it would give them a general controul over the Southern navigation. On these considerations, they appointed two ships to be fitted out under the command of M. Bouvet, for making the proposed discovery, which equipment took place in the year 1738.
A short abstract of M. Bouvet's journal was printed at Paris in les Journaux de Trevoux, for February 1740; from which M. de Brasses inserted an account in his Navigations aux Terres Australes, since which time, Mr. Dairymple published the sea reckonings kept day by day in the ships under Bouvet, which were communicated to him by M. D'Apres de Mannevillette, the editor, and of the greater part author, of the well known and serviceable book of charts, entitled le Neptune Oriental.
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