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succeeding adventurers. He was followed by Ne- 

 vodtsikoff in 1745, PaikofF in MCSy Tolstyke in 

 1760, and various others of less note, b}^ whom 

 several additional groups of islands, in what is 

 called the Northern Archipelago, were discovered, 

 the character of their respective inhabitants ascer- 

 tained, and new channels of trade laid open to the 

 commercial world. 



Lieutenant Synd, also in the Russian service, set 

 out on a voyage of discovery in 1764, and returned 

 in 1768. He steered a course more north-east than 

 any of his predecessors, and made some valuable 

 disco^■eries between Asia and America. 



While the Russians were thus busily and suc- 

 cessfully emplo3^ed in exploring the north-eastern 

 parts of Asia, and the seas between that country 

 and the American coast, the Southern Ocean be- 

 came an object of attention to several other Euro- 

 pean nations. In this immense field for the dis- 

 play of naval skill and enterprise, captain Woods 

 Rogers, an English commander, was the first who 

 distinguished himself. He was followed by Eeu- 

 illie, Frezier, and Barbinais, all of France. To 

 these succeeded Clipperton and Shelvocke, of Great 

 Britain, who, in a voyage of some celebrity round 

 the world, traversed the same seas. Though none 

 of these navigators made very splendid discoveries, 

 yet we are indebted to them all for many details of 

 geographical information, which were at that time 

 highly interesting, and served greatly to instruct 

 and aid those who came after them. 



In 17^1 the Dutch West-India company fitted 

 out a squadroii, under the command of commo- 



