A Voyage round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe 2 Volume Set Mixed media product
by Jean-Francois de Galaup, comte de La Perouse
Edited by L. A. Millet-Mureau
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration series
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Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de La Perouse (1741-88) was a French explorer appointed by Louis XVI to lead an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, which ended in disaster when in 1788 the ships left Botany Bay in Australia on course for the islands of Oceania, and were never heard from again.
However, La Perouse had sent back via a British ship letters, journals and charts which form the basis of these detailed volumes (first published in English translation in 1799), providing a fascinating account of the journey and the discoveries of the expedition.
They provide valuable insights into the social and political context of contemporary scientific naval expeditions.
Volume 1 includes a biography of La Perouse and details of the preparations for the voyage.
Volume 2 includes the route of the expedition and ethnological notes concerning the indigenous inhabitants of California and Easter Island.
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- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1168 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2011
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- ISBN:9781108031851
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Item not Available
- Format:Mixed media product
- Pages:1168 pages, 1 Plates, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:25/08/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9781108031851
