Voyage of Discovery to the Strait of Magellan

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The authority of the whole is not to be questioned. Its importance to mariners, particularly in the present eventful crisis of South American affairs, and of our intimate connections and frequent intercourse with the western coasts of the Spanish possessions (to say no thing of our growing navigation to New Holland and the whole Pacific), is self-evident - the notices respecting the productions of the South American promontory.