Brief Account of the Discoveries and Results of the United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. 44
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Excerpt from Brief Account of the Discoveries and Results of the United States Exploring Expedition, Vol. 44: From the American Journal of Science and Arts England and France have long been honorable rivals on the ocean, as well in exploring as in warlike expeditions. The voyages of Cook, Vancouver, Flinders, Parry, Beechey, King, Fitzroy, and Ross, are conspicuous in the annals of English navigation; while France is no less honored by her explorations under Bougainville, La Perouse, Labillardiere, Duperrey, Freycinet, and D´Urville. Both countries have looked beyond the mere discovery of new lands, new commercial resources, and territorial aggrandizement. Their efforts have been directed towards an increase of knowledge in every branch of science, and there are few regions from the equator to the poles, which have not been tracked by their vessels. Whatever could illustrate the condition or resources of the regions visited; the customs, languages, or history of their unknown tribes; or the motion of the winds, the waters, the world, or the stars, has been thought worthy of observation. Cook was dispatched to the Pacific Ocean expressly to observe the transit of Venus, and Sir Joseph Banks and Forster accompanied him at different times in his voyages around the world. In the late voyage of Fitzroy, Mr. Darwin was associated with the expedition, and made large contributions to science. France has outstripped England in the liberality with which her expeditions have been fitted out, and in the magnificence of her publications. The many folio volumes of plates, published as the result of the voyages of Freycinet, Duperrey, and D´Urville, and those of Napoleon´s expedition into Egypt, are among the most splendid productions of the age. They are a noble gift from France to the world. America has at last taken her part in the labors of exploration. An Exploring Expedition has been sent out, and has returned. It was organized on a plan honorable to a nation that is second to none in enterprise and general education; and its results, when published, will, it is believed, equal in amount and interest, those of any expedition that has preceded it. 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.
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