. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
From his _Voyages_, 1612.

Baffin's Map of his Voyages to the North . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
From original MS., drawn by BAFFIN, in the British Museum.

Sir Walter Raleigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

Raleigh's Map of Guinea, El Dorado, and the Orinoco Coast . . . . 289
From the original Map, drawn by RALEIGH, in British Museum.

The first Settlement at Quebec . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
From CHAMPLAIN'S _Voyages_, 1613.

The Defeat of the Iroquois by Champlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
From a Drawing in CHAMPLAIN'S _Voyages_, 1613.

An early Map of "Terra Australis" called "Java la Grande" . . . . 297
From the "Dauphin" Map of 1546.

The Wreck of Captain Pelsart's Ship, the _Batavia_, on the Coast
of New Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
From the Dutch account of PELSART'S _Voyages_, 1647.

Van Diemen's Land and two of Tasman's Ships . . . . . . . . . . . 304
From the Map drawn by TASMAN in his "Journal."

Dampier's Ship, the _Cygnet_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
From a Drawing in the Dutch edition of his _Voyage Round the
World_, 1698.

Dampier's Strait and the Island of New Britain . . . . . . . . . 311
From a Map in DAMPIER'S _Voyages_, 1697.

Chart of Behring's Voyage from Kamtchatka to North America . . . 317
From a Chart drawn in 1741 by Lieut. WAXELL.

The Island of Otaheite, or St. George . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
From a Painting by WILLIAM HODGES.

A Maori Fort on the Coast between Poverty Bay and Cape Turnagain 323
From an Engraving in the Atlas to COOK'S first _Voyage_.

Captain Cook's Vessel beached at the Entrance of Endeavour River 327
From an Engraving in the Atlas to COOK'S first _Voyage_.

Captain James Cook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
From the Painting by DANCE in the Gallery of Greenwich
Hospital.

Port Jackson and Sydney Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
From the Atlas to the _Voyage de l'Astrolabe_.

A Nile Boat, or Canja . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
From BRUCE'S _Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile_.

An Arab Sheikh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
From BRUCE'S _Travels_.

The Camp of Ali, the Mohammedan Chief, at Benown . . . . . . . . 353
From a Sketch by MUNGO PARK.

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