was gtttfkMe by means' dl inanAfcjrLp* arid -verbal. comtoufiications,
refpedhng thofe iflands which iy ajygeared practicable jto vifitimthe
projected voyage. An extenfive compilation of this- nature was put
into the hands', ©fthe .naiffibfiartefj ƒ- aSdifeVifal-Midp'S Wer© conftrufted,
to illuftrate the geographical details, as well as to aflift the intended
■ navigation; the materials from which „thefe w em f^ e d h
the* iemaifi&l $ Mftfte
■general T2Kt; joikw ktsw JMIOTW 4WBS6*
By an'abridgment of the accounts thus compiled, iyfe attempt^d,
m this preliminary difcourfer to gratify perfons who. may wijjh foV^
compendium ‘of the principal information to be derived from former
voyages refpedting the three iflands to which pur miffionfeies W l
lia p iy ;'iafited acteft- Thefe defcrifietf W/ffie
fn by ,
if-baer'M^p^iheS a 'hHhf d<^ ft$ 3rt W d th e f itfair^
a habitual ‘ intefccftit i e i s maintain#! and' ito.wMch we
may therefore h6pe the -ufefulnefs of oxtr brethren
titebded“*^ A few5
troeface and to'condtidt fhfe whofe.; . ’ :b -,
V This the p h e , ;‘braS. ttnknoytt
^o Europeans W the ccmfrtettcertient of the fitteent^ Gdfttxry, having
been flrft fefen: ;the ;ilffin y iof p ^ ^ i M ' ^ g Q S g
dalled North «tod'South' Affikiitk, oil the 2^th of
by a Spatriard named ihtfro
hdd ^ been1 approached :‘by- the Pottdgaafe J
Fmndifdd ;&iwhd the Molded ilffM* g g ^ g g g g
ifrer ™ | r 5'<S v i S
* The M a ta s y& f ^ ? 1'a® i :toaffx
it fmraBle;reprefenmti<Ju of thefe iflands; but they are alt S e a t e d , ; an inch O T ^ e , ln '° n6 of. .the above-mentioned maps, which has been pnbliflied for the benefit,of the Miffionary Sof
t y , and is fold by Mr. Faden, Charing Crofs, and Mr. Chapman, Fleet Street,
p & ; o rb js r ccflotfisdr ‘L
ftimulate ;[exertion and;to preclude contention mitherriy^TdifcPVBr^
&<Era-'SpiiinfkiiiBliB|si|4l , . Po^cAls^^efclMiS'jSildh -eohfignad to'the
nion?i«af•.tfegfe.-two fiatioris - all .heathen countries that fhogld be
Ji& bhutA i^ lA e a tg had.- allotted to each on® h a lf theiglobe.» corn-!
naebfiipg fromithe \ wgfteife hndtowiiftvBi^'illji®. rHa*Jth America, o f
which: fproiviricfiiithp. Pprttigwrfe: had' preyiM%*s^t£ldned pofTeflEon.
The imporfeiSjdoshof ^geographical fcaenee at that time. ’1 eftt it j dpuht &J
to whichr@foiihP(b'ttemif^h;ems' lh®vM^»oef«rbeifl®gBds>3©d the:pr#r
Girak©,tf^cesopecuSfa $ to f^sfetSfrBfdl JHands rfsdP*sd|the .deciSsniimx
• ■ • fTpr -afreftein ^ tpls i was the .pitrpfflfei btft thsitfifll voyage
acrofs the Pacific Ocean. . Itiw&bptetinpd yfed=exaeut§d^y;Hernando ;
delMagdyhaaaesp who haid fervedirpndefajAJW^ueKJBe.at 'JMateea*-
but ’haiing bien dl Lresvanfedlbyitb® ffi@#®g3lrho.^ithdtessr
to gpai^-' from whehGe/be’ failed'wifhifivefhips under h i f command
on the 2 1 f tS e p t em b e r x p 9 . H e wintered nv'South Amerifiai
and^, ia«n iA«jj. OAobeif;fofetyifflgi’j 'd^eprebid'lihsi fhf'it ^ hw ii| ta ?
hnlcei.borne his-^nanaei' HepSatecechthe great SoJfth^ea.-on'.tM'ASA
©fcMsswembeiES^aotj 1 and' hay’ing fadvanced!northward, .to ’ Aej-teapic
o f Gapricorn, proceeded in :a bnarth.-weft ipouriCe ;wiA fuch ©sefe^and
rapidiy.;- ithat;. he ' j.ik% vafl: .ocean.; he was'ltraverflngj worthy bo
bei Caliadxthe 'PACW-inJ: It i s well known, tbatitlje .prevailing winds
S M om ^^p a ik !i^ tb e r£ a ^ n w ^ s -.i^ p liB m net
diverted from iteby height^p-f land; and th e ,incomparabfecbrmdA
b f ; this ^eaaearil -.affiaads an uninterrupted pailage to thofe ieafterly cjairi.nts
I adsrmt^A: A a t i^v^gatofajeter^ffe
froih'. th i i c .: i^gplarity, a'tafhirteaileft's A e i itmde winHsil^xfMagifltoaaiis
having .crolfed. the equator:too. faQhst^mg^wiAllhe^^itodflawfc
' ®£ A h >foud(eA t^bpicy ^iihd .Aar pkee M te&tthmbDt ctilli A e ; 6<^» iqf
lM . a r p h . 'w h e n he difeovexed- a range of. fmall iflands m : the
'longitude -• o f J i46edegrees .eafh from Greenwich, .and extending:: from
:to-20f-degreeS'Wf - north latitude. He ihamsd.thern Ladronesy on
aoepunt .of the, tbievifh; difpolition o f the .natives,: which b a s .finde
been- found univerfal in the. Pacific | Ocean. Proceeding. Weft ward
mm