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Dunmore, John

The Expedition of the St Jean-Baptiste to the Pacific 1769-1770, from the Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe

1981

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(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1981
Place of printing
London. The Hakluyt Society
Author
Dunmore, John
Edition
First Edition.
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia Hakluyt Society
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [22 x 14.5 cm]; x, 310, frontis, 9 illus, mainly full-page, 4 maps, index, muster roll list of all officers and sailors. original cloth, gilt vignette, gilt spine title lettering, dj (slight shelf wear), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This voyage was just after those of Bougainville and Wallis and just after Cook's first voyage. De Surville entered the Pacific via the Philippines to the Solomons and New Zealand and Peru. Labe was his successor when he died in Peru. The book contains a useful introduction on the voyage and the contributions made by it, especially to our understanding of pre-colonial Maori society, and Pacific geography.
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