New-York tribune., 1874-12-07
KERGUELEN ISLAND DISCOVERED BY MIS-
TAKE.

A CURIOUS MIsAPPREHTNsIOE RESULTING FROM A
VOYAGE TO BRAZIL IN 15J3-EXrEDITIONs THAT
WENT EAST INSTEAD OF WEST FOR TIE LAND OF
PARROTS-CEOZET AND KFEGUELEN ISLANDS
DISCOVERED N CONSEQUENCE
Kcrguclcn Island, which viii contain at least
three expeditions from different nations while no othtr
,ocoIitv has more than two although little known has a
remarkable history. It's discovery was the result OF a
mlstake-a curious geographical error The details OF
this nisapprchc Son supplied by Mr. j. c. Brevoort,
President OF the Long Island Historical Society, who mas
collected the rare volumes bearing upon the point
A Norman mariner, Capt de bonneville, left IN at
ractlve account OF Land which lie visited in 1888 on
his way 10 the East Indies The locality OF THIS Lana
was c In utter doubt by the absence " the Iccoiu o1
hc voyage lie WAS ID reality driven from his CJnrs
and forced, as known from an authentic Goc'-
found as recently as 1902 to lana on TIC COAST u
Brazil. - ,- 4. a., .,.
land (Which gcp=raphols among "thei, Corotu III 30 =
aud Bon in 17l2 placed IN li'uir q! 10 A. H. H. ~ p Ir
r0qCs, or Land Of Parrots from lhc mention o. ,.
BIRDS by be Come two riL4u 'hrAIl'
and the Mare In 1853, under he command OF - IL Lc
BOuvet to look ior IT, as station prHd,s WI a"'iU
AZ q ref ting station on tie way 10 the iuilcs .
lie first vent the Isle OF -. Catherine On the coast
of BraIl and thence cruiscd 10 be southeast r,
found only small island amid fogs and iueGs he
called IL cope IL Ia Crc1HcSiDH rom lIe ddie oi thc
daY Jan. 1879. on %hIc II Vas docoYitG hut iS now
kuowp rs Bouvets Island He C!ui~cd widely ~ tuc
south Polar Seas bat found nothing mere ana returned
Msnperuis the mathematician. drew attention in 1752
%
made for II by De iiouShnye 4nd DO shiVllic, hh no
special expedition sent ont FOR IT, discovery nnl
I'm At Icngtn small vessels were sent "ut under
The command of hergucen dc lle,hhitc Z" bdIihEti,
and Marion DuIcsue of st. naO, and were distracted 10
search 10 the sonth OF tho '9hu' "a bdihi ia", anu
Amsterdam, for supposed Iahd, seen as above ueu'
tnucd IN 1903 RochOu, the astronomer OF the eXptul
ton lett 1t at the Isle dc France protesting AGAINST
such vague instructions Oltbc I2th ahu 10 eoudl!'
1772 be discovered the Isle, now knOwn by ms name
Marion DqreSpe @ ef,T iIGlenu1n, EnoTn As
Marion and Crozet Islands Tho la>t nalnc
gfns ,sanas @ were rcdsroycrcd lew years ailerward
Gy Capt James Cook. hersuelen believed that tho
Land OF Parrots Of DE Gonneyiio WAC To- DE sougHt io
south OF Maddgascai ana was aTaih htaeI our a.i
sailed in l753 lie started from the $50 Bourbon reael
ing the island that ne had discovered te !eAr peIo o
Dee H. and cruscd iOr 90 days IN iogs anu oau "edtn1
without further success returning 10 MlddsdsrdI ~
rent, aud reaching Brest IN sept1hper, I'4 n'
clusion that DO Gonnevue, III 1903 :, ues, nav
reached Madagascar, for the cinate OF thtJ lhldhu -
mild and agrees with the notices o. De uoiIc &
wle no land III high southern latitude "odld nGe'
The description OF the account left By DE GOnneVe,
Which had led TO so much labor aid e1euS. IN dn i III
little ship, the EoT i0pe|, "i i2J TONS Do l h
was chased, when about 10 reach hOmo III low, nJ
pirates, an English one Dy tne I,e nq 81 Bunt Of
Plymouth, ana "a French one Maurice Forum. bIetoh'
ana was forced his vessel hsh0fe enc was ios
with all her cargo except what tne pirates d %
get out before sinking. Twelve meh were Aled VI
The Captain (gho had brought home young savage
named Essomeric from the land where nc had stayed
SIX mon!hsl entered i1nM s ooup%lt hc 1i hrcf
account OF the voyage was given copy ol this 0cu
ment, for many yedrr WIS
MOHs. Paul LacroiX the well known bibnopLle t"nt
under the pseudOnym Of tho "BDlioplle JACOB j.
among manuscripts OF tho Marquis de Pdnbufg. ia
the Library OF LArsenal In Paris. Search mad been
made for this document in vain, In Normandy ana mo
marine archivcs before BOuveps expedition. The only
facts known concerning the voyage OF De Bonneville up
TO 1861 contained In little WORK pup
S"SH m9Sr desce1aaut of the pssS savage EssOmcrc
to encourage missions and particularly one 10 the land
Of his ancestors H0 believed that tins land where
Kergeen sought for it, and died Ia 1913 Ia that belief
For several he had cherished this idea and had
extracted from thus document recently tho por
ton which ho thought would lead TO the discovery of S
native land. On the theory that the vessel VIA
bound for The East Indies, and not far FROM tho
Cape OF Good Hope he makes DE Gonneslle double tho
Cape before reaching the land ia question Tue truo
document does not name the Chp0 oi Good Hope This
dneut led TO the false theories which BouS
and KeTgueleus Instructions were ID ised.
Up to the 1861 however, nothing had been found
than wac contained ia the little book above
toned that but four Ave cspoa OF it
known TO exist In that wear NJ MaIgTy found "a dOcu-
ment, which was fuller than the extract published IN
lC63 the ArchiteS DE la Murine Ii petition by
deSCc ndant OF Do Bonneville Tor pension, and In IL
he gives more complete account Of the voyage from
the complaint entered IN 1906 NJ Margry copies II In
his NdrfgatiOS FrancaseS. &c published the year
QsG7 ana there ennis The theory that DE Gonnovliles
land was In Brazil. TTo years alterward copy VI the