Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde pdf

Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde

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Vol. 1. all preliminary instructions, memoirs, etc. relative to the expedition — v. 2-3. Journal of La Pérouse and tables of the routes of the Boussole and the Astrolabe — v. 4. Supplementary memoirs, letters, etc’, “Colophons read: Imprimé par les soins de P.D. Duboy-Laverne, directeur de l’imprimerie de la République”, ‘”Relation d’un voyage intéressant de la frégate la Princesse, de Manille à Saint-Blaise, en 1780 et 1781,” translated from the Spanish of F.A. Maurelle by A.G. Pingré: v. 1, p. 256-323’, ‘”Extrait de la relation d’un voyage fait en 1779, par Don François-Antoine Maurelle … pour la découverte des côtes occidentales de l’Amérique Septentrionale”: v. 1, p. 324-342’, ‘Pagination: v. 1: [4], lxxij, 346, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: [4], 398, [2] p.; v. 3: [4], 422, [2] p.; v. 4: [4], 309, [3] p’, ‘Signatures: v. 1: pi² a-i A-2V 2X² (2X2 verso blank); v.

2: pi² A-3D (3D4 verso blank); v. 3: pi² A-3G (3G4 verso blank); v. 4: pi² A-2Q (2Q3 verso, 2Q4 blank)’, ‘Includes index in vol. 4’, ‘Includes selections of vocabulary in the Ecclemach and Port des Françias languages, v. 2, p. 289-292; these languages would appear to be part of the Wakashan group of languages spoken on the Pacific Northwest coast. There is a selection of vocabulary in the language of the inhabitants of Tchoka island, v. 3, p. 116-123, which is identified as located near the Kamchatka Peninsula’, ‘Atlas has engraved, illustrated title page: Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse’, ‘Phillips’, ‘Sabin’, ‘Pilling, J.C. North American’, ‘Palau y Dulcet(2. ed.)’, ‘Wickersham, J. Bib. Alaskan lit.’, ‘Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800’, ‘John Carter Brown Library has accompanying atlas shelved under E797 .L311v 3-SIZE’, ‘John Carter Brown Library copy has engraved portraits of author from unknown works pasted on to versos of second flyleaves in vols.

1 and 3, an on verso of half title leaf in vol. 2. NUC Pre-1956 reports atlas both with and without an engraved frontispiece of the author. John Carter Brown Library copy does not have engraved frontispiece facing title page

• Creator/s: La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de, 1741-1788, Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine), 1756-1825, Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820, Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796
• Date: 1797
• Book Topics/Themes: Boussole (Frigate), Astrolabe (Frigate), Voyages around the world, Discoveries in geography, Wakashan languages, Eskimo languages, Indian linguistics, Indian linguistics, Imprint 1797

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