BYRON AT KING GEORGE'S ISLAND. 



CHAPTER XLI. 



THE FIRST SCIENTIFIC VOYAGE OF CIRCUMNAVIGATION THE DOLPHIN AND 



TAMAR BYRON IN PATAGONIA FALKLAND ISLANDS ISLANDS OF DISAPPOINT- 

 MENT ARRIVAL AT TINIAN BYRON VERSUS ANSON THE VOYAGE HOME — 



WALLIS AND CARTERET THEIR OBSERVATIONS IN PATAGONIA WALLIS AT 



TAHITI A DESPERATE BATTLE NAILS LOSE THEIR VALUE A TAHITIAN RO- 

 MANCE PITCAIRN'S ISLAND QUEEN CHARLOTTE'S ISLANDS NEW BRITAIN 



THE VOYAGE HOME A MAN-OF-WAR DESTROYED BY FIRE. 



In the year 1764, England was at peace with all the world, 

 and his majesty George III. conceived an idea which till then 

 had penetrated no royal brain, — that of sending out vessels upon 

 voyages of discovery in the single view of extending the domain 

 of science and contributing to the advance of geographical 



knowledge. Voyages had previously been undertaken for pur- 



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