CHAPTER XLYI. 



LOUIS XVI. AND THE SCIENCE OF NAVIGATION VOYAGE OF LAPEROUSE ARRIVAL 



AT EASTER ISLAND ADDRESS OF THE NATIVES OWHYHEE TRADE AT MOWEE 



SURVEY OF THE AMERICAN COAST A REMARKABLE INLET DISTRESSING 



CALAMITY SOJOURN AT MONTEREY RUN ACROSS THE PACIFIC THE JAPANESE 



WATERS ARRIVAL AT PETROPAULOWSKI AFFRAY AT NAVIGATORS' ISLES 



LAPEROUSE ARRIVES AT BOTANY BAY, AND IS NEVER SEEN AGAIN, ALIVE OR 



DEAD VOYAGES MADE IN SEARCH OF HIM D'ENTREC ASTEAUX DILLON 



D'URVILLE DISCOVERY OF NUMEROUS RELICS OF THE SHIPS AT MANICOLO 



THEORY OF THE FATE OF LAPEROUSE — ERECTION OF A MONUMENT TO HIS 

 MEMORY. 



Louis XVI., King of France, became at this period deeply 

 interested in the study of the science of geography and naviga- 

 tion. Upon the perusal of the voyages, discoveries, and services 



of Cook, he conceived the idea of admitting the French nation 



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