62/149 Pallas surveys West and South Siberia. Cook's third voyage; surveys North-West Passage; discovers Owhyhee (Hawaii), where he was killed. La Perouse surveys north-east coast of Asia and Japan, discovers Saghalien, and completes delimitation of the ocean. Billings surveys East Siberia. Lesseps surveys Kamtschatka and crosses the Old World from east to west. |