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Livres anciens et modernes

Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)

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

2002

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Année
2002
Lieu d'édition
London. The Hakluyt Society
Auteur
Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)
Edition
First edition in English.
Thème
Travel - Pacific & Australia Hakluyt Society
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

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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