A Voyage round the World...In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769...Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster..
by Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
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- Contemporary brown calf , neatly rebacked, with corners renewed.Clean copyWith bookplate of Frank Streeter
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About This Item
It was translated by John Forster, the Naturalist aboard the Resolution on James Cook's second voyage, 1772-75. France's first official circumnavigation was commanded by Bougainville who saw the strategic advantage in commanding the route to the Pacific around Cape Horn, hence his attempted colonization of the Falkland Islands in 1763 and his new charts of the Straits of Magellan. As well as bringing back news of his discoveries in the Pacific, Bougainville also brought back a Tahitian, Mayoa. It was the decision to return this young man to his home that prompted the French Government to mount another exploratory voyage led by de Fresne in 1771. Hill states that Johann Reinhold's son Georg, also Naturalist aboard the Resolution, may have been the actual translator of this work while Johann contributed the preface, dedication and footnotes. Hill, p. 32; Sabin 6869; Kroepelien 113; O'Reilly and Reitman 285
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- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
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- 305731
- Title
- A Voyage round the World...In the years 1776, 1767, 1768, and 1769...Translated from the French by John Reinhold Forster..
- Author
- Bougainville, Louis Antoine de
- Format/Binding
- 12 engraved maps and charts on 5 folding plates (including the Straits of Magellan), one folding engraved plate with the 3 image
- Book Condition
- New Contemporary brown calf , neatly rebacked, with corners renewed.Clean copyWith bookplate of Frank Streeter
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for J. Nourse...and T. Davies..
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1772
- Keywords
- Circumnavigations | Pacific Islands
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