Questo sito usa cookie di analytics per raccogliere dati in forma aggregata e cookie di terze parti per migliorare l'esperienza utente.
Leggi l'Informativa Cookie Policy completa.

Libri antichi e moderni

Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)

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

2002

68,62 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

Parla con il Libraio

Metodi di Pagamento

Dettagli

Anno di pubblicazione
2002
Luogo di stampa
London. The Hakluyt Society
Autore
Dunmore, John (Translated And Edited)
Edizione
First edition in English.
Soggetto
Travel - Pacific & Australia Hakluyt Society
Lingue
Inglese
Prima edizione

Descrizione

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.
Logo Maremagnum it