Excerpt from A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Years 1822-24: Containing an Examination of the Antartic Sea, to the Seventy-Fourth Degree of Latitude; And a Visit Toward to Tierra Del Fuego, With a Particular Account of the Inhabitants, to Which Is Added, Much Useful Information on the Coasting Navigation of Cape Ho It may not be improper to preface these pages with an outline of the investigations which have been made to the south of Cape Horn, and within the Antarctic Circle, prior to my setting out on this voyage. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.