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The first English edition of Frézier's account of his voyage, made on the orders of Louis XIV to obtain military intelligence for a possible operation against the Spanish colonies on the Pacific coast. He surveyed the Le Maire Strait and the west coast of Tierra del Fuego, producing one of the most accurate descriptions of South America to date. Halley's postscript corrects several geographical errors made in the original French edition of 1716.