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ANNALS OF DISCOVERY.

1817-22. Captain King maps the coast-line of Australia.

1819-22. Franklin, Back, and Richardson attempt the NorthWest Passage by land. '

1819. Parry discovers Lancaster Strait and reaches 114° W.

1820-23. Wrangel discovers his land.

1821. Bellinghausen discovers Peter Island, the most southerly land then known.

1822. Denham and Clapperton discover Lake Tchad, and visit Sokoto.

1822-23. Scoresby explores the coast of East Greenland.

1823. Weddell reaches 74.15° S.

1826. Major Laing is murdered at Timbuctoo.

1827. Parry reaches 82,45" N.

1827. Réné Caillié visits Timbuctoo.

1828-31. Captain Sturt traces the Darling and the Murray.

1829-33. Ross attempts the North-West Passage; discovers Boothia Felix.

1830. Royal Geographical Society founded, and next year united with the African Association.

1831-35. Schomburgk explores Guiana.

1831. Captain Biscoe discovers Enderby Land.

1833. Back discovers Great Fish River.

1835-49. Junghuhn explores Java.

1837. T. Simpson coasts along the north mainlaind of North America 1277 miles.

1838-40. Wood explores the sources of the Oxus.

1838-40. Dumont d'Urville discovers Louis-Philippe Land and Adélie Land.

1839. Balleny discovers his island.

1839. Count Strzelecki discovers Gipps' Land.

1840. Captain Sturt travels in Central Australia.

1840-42. James Ross reaches 78.10° S.; discovers Victoria Land, and the volcanoes Erebus and Terror.

1841. Eyre traverses south of Western Australia.

1842-62. E. F. Jomard's Monuments de la Géographie published.

1843-47. Count Castelnau traces the source of the Paraguay.

1844. Leichhardt explores Southern Australia.

1845. Huc explores Tibet.

1845. Petermann's Mittheilungen first published.

1845-47. Franklin's last voyage.

1846. First edition of K. v. Spruner's Historische Hand-atlas.