“We were seamen in a burning climate limited to one bottle of water a day. The trees which crowded the mountains and the verdure of the banana plants, with which native huts were surrounded, produced inexpressible charms to our senses. But the sea beat upon the coast with such violence as to keen us in the condition of Tantulus — to desire and devour with our eyes that which we could not reach.”
Lapérouse sails around Cape Horn, up to Lituya Bay, headed to Monterey. Also, Napoleon jump scare.
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