Celebrated Travels and Travellers, Part 2.

CHAPTER I.

I. ASTRONOMERS AND CARTOGRAPHERS. PAGE Cassini, Picard, and La Hire--The Meridian line and the map of France--G. Delisle and D'Anville--The shape of the earth-- Maupertuis in Lapland--Condamine at the Equator . . . . . . . . 3

II. VOYAGES IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

Expedition of Wood Rogers--Adventures of Alexander Selkirk-- Galapagos Island--Puerto Se...