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A Voyage round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe (Paperback)
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A Voyage round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 2
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Jean Francois de Galaup, comte de La Perouse (1741-88) was a French
explorer appointed by Louis XVI to lead an expedition to explore
the Pacific Ocean, which ended in disaster when in 1788 the ships
left Botany Bay in Australia on course for the islands of Oceania,
and were never heard from again. However, La Perouse had sent back
via a British ship letters, journals and charts which form the
basis of these detailed volumes (first published in English
translation in 1799), providing a fascinating account of the
journey and the discoveries of the expedition. They provide
valuable insights into the social and political context of
contemporary scientific naval expeditions. Volume 2 contains a
description of the remainder of the voyage to Botany Bay,
navigational tables showing the route of the expedition and
ethnological notes concerning the indigenous inhabitants of
California and Easter Island.
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