A Voyage towards the South Pole ... in ... 1822-24; containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude: and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, ... To which is added much useful information on the Coasting Navigation of Cape Horn, and the adjacent Islands, etc

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I, Clark scittfi. yZo'/a - y,i//i', ,i//,? ( >'//Z,-/-_ '/j,;////,'// , ■>,/ , ?/////,/// s, '/'/-, .Zi,'/'/r;,?%/Z'/'r'l;y Tied. 6y Zongm,-, :n . Ha rs? . Ittet Orme, Brown ir Green. IS2S. Drawn iyA.Maj'sm. thm a Shriek 6y Cafi. Weddell. A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE, PERFORMED IN THE YEARS 1 822-2 4s CONTAINING AN EXAMINATION OF THE ANTARCTIC SEA, TO THE SEVENTY-FOURTH DEGREE OF LATITUDE : AND A VISIT TO TIERRA DEL FUEGO, WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT. OF THE INHABITANTS. TO WHICH IS ADDED, MUCH USEFUL INFORMATION ON THE COASTING NAVIGATION OF CAPE HORN, AND THE ADJACENT LANDS, WITH CHARTS OV HARBOURS, &c. Bv JAMES WEDDELL, Esg. MASTER IN THE ROYAL NAVY. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN, PATF.RNOSTER-ROW. 1825. London -. Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street Square, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD VISCOUNT MELVILLE, K.T. FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, *C #<■• #c. This volume, containing the Journal of a Voyage in the Southern Hemisphere, and which reached a higher latitude in that quarter than was ever before accomplished, is (with His Lordship's fostering permis sion) respectfully dedicated.

When the writer, a Seaman, views the noble exertions made under His Lord- DEDICATION. ship's administration to ascertain the Geo graphy of the Northern Polar Circle, he must deem it at once a debt of gratitude and a tribute of respect, humbly to offer him the account of researches pursued at the other extremity of the Globe. J. WEDDELL. ERRATA. Page 12. line 7. for " 22° 0' 59" " read " 22° 59' 0" " 1 6. line 10. from bottom, for " 65° 16' 52" " read 65° 32' 22" " 31. line 6. from bottom, delete " by" 45. lines 8, 9. for " southerly" read " northerly" 50. line 7. for " 58° 55' " read " 38° 55' " 59. line 17. for " 20" read " 10" 65. line 20. for " 35° 42' 45" " read " 48° 17' 15" " 96. line 4. from bottom, for " up" read " of " 121. line 6. for " any" read " either" 193. line 1 1. for " in falmouth" read " off falmouth*' 193. line 13. from bottom, for " Barnavel Island, and near Cape Horn. I" read " Barnavelt's Island, near Cape Horn, and I" 226. line 4. from bottom, for " in" read " off' A VOYAGE TOWARDS THE SOUTH POLE.