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Voyage autour du monde. Hydrographie Atlas

Voyage autour du monde. Hydrographie Atlas

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Voyage autour du monde. Hydrographie Atlas

by DUPERREY, Louis-Isidore

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Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1827. Binding a little rubbed, very slightly browned along top edges not affecting images, title-page a little creased.. Folio, with 49 maps (18 folding) and four plates of boats, crisp tall impressions; an excellent copy in old French quarter calf over papered boards.

The complete hydrographical atlas from the Duperrey voyage, published as part of one of the immense French grands voyages series. As with most of these publications, the various components could also be bought separately, sometimes even being produced by different publishers. In fact full publication of the Duperrey voyage was never completed. His hydrographic work tended, as Dunmore comments, 'towards perfecting existing maps rather than preparing charts of unknown areas'. As a result, the beautiful maps clearly display their debt to the earlier explorers, and include the discoveries and vessel tracks of luminaries such as Cook, Bougainville, La Pérouse, Bligh and Flinders.

Duperrey's voyage gathered 'vast quantities of ethnographic and scientific data' (Hill), and included two visits to the Australian mainland. The details of the harbours at the Brisbane River and Macquarie Harbour in Nouvelle Hollande are attributed in the cartouche to Oxley and Evans respectively. The wonderful map of the Bay of Islands reflects the two weeks that the Duperrey expedition spent there in 1824.

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Bookseller
Hordern House Rare Books AU (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #
3804550
Title
Voyage autour du monde. Hydrographie Atlas
Author
DUPERREY, Louis-Isidore
Book Condition
Used - Binding a little rubbed, very slightly browned along top edges not affecting images, title-page a little creased.
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Arthus Bertrand
Place of Publication
Paris
Date Published
1827
Weight
0.00 lbs

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Hordern House, founded by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell in 1985 and named for our original building in Sydney's Potts Point, is an internationally renowned dealership, specialising in rare books, manuscripts and paintings.Nowadays we conduct our business in the heart of Surry Hills, five minutes from the centre of Sydney. We occupy an entire floor of a converted warehouse where we have created a customised environment for our work and the display of rare books, manuscripts & paintings.Always reflected in our extensive stock of rare and select material is our specialization in voyages and travels (with a special interest in the Pacific & Australia), natural history and colour-plate material, paintings and voyage art, historical maps and manuscripts.

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