ANTARCTIC MAPS. 26^ 



to return, but not before the position of the southern magnetic 

 pole the great object of the voyage had been determined. 



23. A second voyage, the following year, did not add to dis- 

 covery, but the ships attained the highest latitude ever reached, 

 viz., 78 n'. 



24. A third voyage, on the opposite side of the pole, added, to 

 the discoveries of Bransfield and D'Urville, to the south of them. 



24. The last expedition towards the southern pole has already 

 been alluded to, viz., that of the Cliallenger, in 1874, but Captain 

 Nares made no discoveries in those regions. 



J. E. DAVIS. 



