A voyage round the world, performed during the years, 1790, 1791, and 1792, by Etienne Marchand : preceded by a historical introduction, and illustrated by charts, etc
A voyage round the world, performed during the years, 1790, 1791, and 1792, by Etienne Marchand : preceded by a historical introduction, and illustrated by charts, etc.
Add this copy of A Voyage Round the World, Performed During the Years to cart. $103.00, like new condition, Sold by Aquila Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Calgary, AB, CANADA, published 1969 by Nico Israel / Da Capo.
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As new. Facsimile Reprint of 1801 London Edition. 1122pp. Quarto in 2 volumes (26 x 20 cm. ) with 9 plates and maps. Bound in simulated vellum. as new. '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.