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A voyage round the world : performed during the years 1790, 1791 and 1792 / by Étienne Marchand, preceded by a historical introduction, and illustrated by charts, etc. Translated from the French of C.P. Claret Fleurieu
by Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret)
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Amsterdam; Israel: New York; Da Capo Press, 1969. Fine Facsimile Reprint. Hardback. An exceptional copy with mylar-sleeved simile vellum. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective wrapping.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 361 pages; Physical desc.: 2v (cxxviii, 361, xi, 503 pp) : tables ; 21cm. Folded maps. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana # 23, 24. Notes: Includes at end of Vol. 2: ""Journal of the route of the ship Solide, during her voyage round the world / by Captain Prosper Chanal"" (105p.) Translation of volumes 1-2 of the Paris edition (1798). Subjects: Voyages and Travels Discoveries (in Geography) Navigation Americas Pacific Region Description and Travel CustomsEighteenth Century Explorers French. Summary: This French circumnavigation ... was preceded only by Bougainville's. It added considerably to the scanty knowledge of N.W. America and included a scholarly survey of earlier maritime explorers.' (Wright Howes, US-iana.) At the end of the account is appended an important nautical, hydrographical, and astronomical treatise, together with accounts of the fishes, shells, birds, and plants, etc. observed during the voyage.
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- Title
- A voyage round the world : performed during the years 1790, 1791 and 1792 / by Étienne Marchand, preceded by a historical introduction, and illustrated by charts, etc. Translated from the French of C.P. Claret Fleurieu
- Author
- Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- Fine Facsimile Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Amsterdam; Israel: New York; Da Capo Press
- Date Published
- 1969
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