NAMES OF PERSONS MENTIONED. 



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Byron, the poet. He accompanied Anson in his voyage round the 

 world, leaving England in September, 1740. In May, 1741, he was 

 shipwrecked on the west coast of Patagonia. The great hardships 

 which he suffered in consequence of this he afterward related in his 

 ''Narrative of the Honorable John Byron (Commodore in a late Ex- 

 pedition Round the World), containing an Account of the great Dis- 

 tresses suffered by Himself and his Companions on the Coast of Pat- 

 agonia, from the year 1740 till their Arrival in England, 1746 " (Lon- 

 don, 1768). The " late expedition " referred to in this title took place 

 in 1764-66. 



Chamisso, ADELBERT. (Page 203.) A poet arid naturalist; 

 born of French parentage at Boncourt, in Champagne, France, Jan- 

 uary 27th, 1781 ; died in Berlin, August 21st, 1838. At an early age 

 he removed with his parents to Berlin, where he was educated, and en- 

 tered the Prussian mil- 

 itary service. His writ- 

 ings, consequently, were 

 in German. In 1815-18 

 he accompanied Kotze- 

 bue in the Romanoff 

 expedition round the 

 world, and besides fur- 

 nishing part of the 

 Report which appeared 

 in 1821, wrote a sepa- 

 rate account, first pub- 

 lished in 1836-39. He 

 is best known to English 



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readers as the author 

 of the remarkable story 

 called u Peter Schle- 

 mihl" the man who 

 parted with his shadow. 

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CAPTAIN JAMES COOK. 



