Fleurieu, Charles Pierre

A Voyage Round the World, Performed During the Years 1790-92 by Etienne Marchand

Amsterdam / New York Nico Israel / Da Capo 1969, Facsimile Reprint of 1801 London Edition. (Hardcover issued without dust jacket) 1122pp. As new. Quarto in 2 volumes (26 x 20 cm.) with 9 plates and maps. Bound in simulated vellum. 'This French circumnavigation ... Was preceded only by Bougainville's. It added considerably to the 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. Series: Bibliotheca Australiana23-24.

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