Other causes of variable winds; land and sea breezes

Squalls

Hurricanes, Tyfoons

Tornado, peculiar winds -

76.

ib.

Water spout-

Mirage,-aurora borealis

Zodiacal light, magellanic clouds, fire of St. Elmo

Magnetism

An historical essay on the rise and progress of maritime

geography

First period: from the earliest ages, to the decline of

89

Voyage of Himilcar

Atlantides of Plato

Itinerary of Scylax; Eudoxus; Aristotle

Voyage of Pytheas, Thule

Expedition of Alexander

Commercial voyages of the Greeks

Geography of Hipparchus, Southern Continent

Geography of Polybius, voyage of Eudoxus

104

Geography of Strabo

Second period: from the decline of the Roman empire,

to the first voyages of the Portuguese

Invasion of the Barbarians

Cosmography of the sixth century; chart of the

eighth century

111

ib.

112

Voyages of the Arabs

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- 116

- 117

Third period: from the first voyages of the Portuguese,

to the accession of George III.-

Voyages of the Portuguese to the coast of Africa
Discovery of Madeira, Azores, Cape Bojador
Cape Verd, Senegal, Cape Mesurado, River Zaire
Cape of Good Hope, arrived at

Cape of Good Hope doubled: India arrived at
Discovery of America

Discoveries of the Portuguese in the Indian seas

Voyage of Magellan, Patagonia

Strait of Magellan, Ladrones, Philippines

Discovery of New Guinea; New Holland

Solomon's Islands

Discoveries of Quiros and Torres

Voyage of Drake

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-

ib.

119

ib.

Voyage of Roggewein

Cape Circumcision, Voyage of Anson'

Voyages to the north, chiefly in search of a northern

passage

Voyages of Cabot, of Cortreal, of Ponce de Leon

Voyages of Willoughby, of Burroughs

Voyages of Frobisher, Barentz and Davis
Voyages of Heemskirk, Hudson, and Button
Hudson's Bay and Baffin's Bay

-Voyages of Wood and Hawes -

Voyage of the Furnace and Discovery

Discoveries of the Spaniards on the N.W. coast of

America

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139

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141

Fourth period from the accession of George III. to the

year 1814

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Voyages to the Grand and Great Southern Ocean
Voyages of Byron and Wallis

152

ib.

Voyage of de Vries to the Jesso Islands

Voyage of Spiilbergen, La Perouse, and Broughton,

Voyages of Baudin and Flinders to New Holland
Voyage of Krusenstern to Japan, &c.

MARITIME GEOGRAPHY

FROZEN OCEAN; Geographical Position

Ices

Climate

Meteors, tides, currents

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