Histoire generale des voyages par Dumont D'Urville, D'Orbigny, Eyries et A. Jacobs (French, Paperback)

This four-volume collection was issued by the Paris publisher Furne in the mid-nineteenth century to showcase the work of recent French explorers for a readership avid for accounts of exotic foreign lands. Volume 4 was prepared by Alfred Jacobs (1802 62), an archivist and palaeographer, drawing heavily on an 1839 publication by Jean-Baptiste Benoit Eyri s (1767 1846). Eyri s was a founder member of the French Geographical Society and a member of the Asiatic Society, trained in botany and mineralogy, an accomplished linguist and seasoned traveller, who wrote, edited and translated a substantial number of works on geography, travel and exploration. Like earlier volumes in Furne's collection, this account of Asia and Africa takes the form of a fictionalised journey, making use of a wide range of additional sources to give readers as complete a picture as possible. This 1859 edition is illustrated with twenty-two engravings.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration, Volume 4
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	October 2011
Authors:	Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville • Alcide Dessalines D' Orbigny • Jean Baptiste Benoit Eyries • Alfred Jacobs
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 38mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	760
ISBN-13:	978-1-108-03912-3
Languages:	French
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > History > World history > General
LSN:	1-108-03912-X
Barcode:	9781108039123

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