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Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)

The Pacific Journals of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1767-1768

2002

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
2002
Lugar de impresión
London. The Hakluyt Society
Autor
Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)
Edición
First edition in English.
Materia
Travel - Pacific & Australia Hakluyt Society
Idiomas
Inlgés
Primera edición

Descripción

large 8vo [25 x 18 cm]; lxxvii, 322 pp, plates, maps including endpaper maps showing route, bibliog, index. original pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine and clean, unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Bougainville sailed through the Pacific, stopping at Tahiti, through the Samoan Islands, to Vanuatu, to the Australian Great Barrier Reef, north to New Guinea, Solomon Islands, making a number of discoveries including the island named after him, continuing home via the Dutch East Indies and Indian Ocean. His voyage lead to many other French expeditions. He discovered the bougainvillea flower. His journal was first published in 1977 in French and this is the first edition in English. A 70 page introduction provides an excellent historical perspective.
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