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French Voyage Of Discovery.
of which was essentially necessary to geography . He had two barks , La Recherche and L'Esperance , of 16 guns and no men each ; ancl was provided with astronomers , naturalists , a gardener , a painter , astronomical instruments , time-pieces , and , in short , with whatever could render the voyage useful to the sciences . The barks touched at Teneriffe , from whence their advices were dated the 13 th of October 1791 ; and afterwards at the Cape of
Good Hope , where Bertrand , the astronomer , died b } ' a fall . On the 16 th of February 1792 , they left the Cape , and visited New Guinea , the country of the Arsacides , on the 9 th of July , and New Ireland on the 17 th . On the 6 th of September , they returned to Ambo 3 ma , one of the Philippine islands . After a month ' s stay at the island of Amboyna , Capt .
d'Entrecasteaux sailed from thence on the nth of October 1792 , to run down the coast of New Holland , beginning with the south-west part , the one least known , and steering afterwards for the southern part . He was , however , constantly baffled by the easterly and south-easterly winds , insomuch that this part of the euterp . rize failed . On the 3 d of December 1792 the barks reached the Cape situated
, at the south-east extremity of New Holland , running down the southern coast till the 3 d of January . About two-thirds of this coast they explored . . The south-east winds , and the want of water , obliged them , on the 20 th of February , to stop at Cape Diernes . on the south-east
extremity of that great island ; in this part of the southern coast , they met with very fine harbours . At the end of three weeks they steered for New Zealand , visiting the Friendly Islands , New Caledonia , Solomon ' s Islands or the country of Arsacides , the side of Louisiana Bougainville had not seen , New Britanny , and the Admiralty Islands . The whole of this navigation is extremely dangerous : for the distance of 1206 leagues there are reefs of rocks almost as hih as the
g water ' s edge ; anditis probable that La Peyrouse perished there ; unless , indeed , he fell a victim to the tempest of the 31 st of December 178 S , in the Indian seas , as was thought at the time . The memorials of this part of the voyage are of extreme importance to geographers . D'Entrecasteattx died in the month of July 1793 ; his death was preceded about two months by that of Capt . Huoncommander of
, L'Esperance . The second captain of La Recherche , d'Hesminy d'Auribeau , of the Toulon department , assumed the command of the expedition ; , and in the month of August 1793 , returned to Vegio , one of the Molucca Islands . In September he reached Bouro , near Amboyna ; and on the 23 d of October anchored off Sourabaya in the island of Javathe smallest of the three Dutch establishments there .
, Here they became acquainted with the French revolution , which excited divisions among the crews . On the 13 th of February 1794 , d'Auribeau displayed the white flag , and delivered up the two vessels to the Dutch , under whose protection he put himself . He seized on all the . journals , charts , notes , and memorandums of the expedition , and apprehended those of the crews whose political sentiments did
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French Voyage Of Discovery.
of which was essentially necessary to geography . He had two barks , La Recherche and L'Esperance , of 16 guns and no men each ; ancl was provided with astronomers , naturalists , a gardener , a painter , astronomical instruments , time-pieces , and , in short , with whatever could render the voyage useful to the sciences . The barks touched at Teneriffe , from whence their advices were dated the 13 th of October 1791 ; and afterwards at the Cape of
Good Hope , where Bertrand , the astronomer , died b } ' a fall . On the 16 th of February 1792 , they left the Cape , and visited New Guinea , the country of the Arsacides , on the 9 th of July , and New Ireland on the 17 th . On the 6 th of September , they returned to Ambo 3 ma , one of the Philippine islands . After a month ' s stay at the island of Amboyna , Capt .
d'Entrecasteaux sailed from thence on the nth of October 1792 , to run down the coast of New Holland , beginning with the south-west part , the one least known , and steering afterwards for the southern part . He was , however , constantly baffled by the easterly and south-easterly winds , insomuch that this part of the euterp . rize failed . On the 3 d of December 1792 the barks reached the Cape situated
, at the south-east extremity of New Holland , running down the southern coast till the 3 d of January . About two-thirds of this coast they explored . . The south-east winds , and the want of water , obliged them , on the 20 th of February , to stop at Cape Diernes . on the south-east
extremity of that great island ; in this part of the southern coast , they met with very fine harbours . At the end of three weeks they steered for New Zealand , visiting the Friendly Islands , New Caledonia , Solomon ' s Islands or the country of Arsacides , the side of Louisiana Bougainville had not seen , New Britanny , and the Admiralty Islands . The whole of this navigation is extremely dangerous : for the distance of 1206 leagues there are reefs of rocks almost as hih as the
g water ' s edge ; anditis probable that La Peyrouse perished there ; unless , indeed , he fell a victim to the tempest of the 31 st of December 178 S , in the Indian seas , as was thought at the time . The memorials of this part of the voyage are of extreme importance to geographers . D'Entrecasteattx died in the month of July 1793 ; his death was preceded about two months by that of Capt . Huoncommander of
, L'Esperance . The second captain of La Recherche , d'Hesminy d'Auribeau , of the Toulon department , assumed the command of the expedition ; , and in the month of August 1793 , returned to Vegio , one of the Molucca Islands . In September he reached Bouro , near Amboyna ; and on the 23 d of October anchored off Sourabaya in the island of Javathe smallest of the three Dutch establishments there .
, Here they became acquainted with the French revolution , which excited divisions among the crews . On the 13 th of February 1794 , d'Auribeau displayed the white flag , and delivered up the two vessels to the Dutch , under whose protection he put himself . He seized on all the . journals , charts , notes , and memorandums of the expedition , and apprehended those of the crews whose political sentiments did