Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de, comte, 1729-1811, Voyage autour du monde, par le frégate du roi, La Boudeuse, et la fl̂ute L'Etoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769, M.DCC.LXXI [1771]
- Title(s):
- Voyage autour du monde, par le frégate du roi, La Boudeuse, et la fl̂ute L'Etoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769.
- Published/Created:
- A Paris : Chez Saillant & Nyon, Libraires, rue S. Jean-de-Beauvais. De l'imprimerie de Le Breton, premier imprimeur ordinaire du roi., M.DCC.LXXI [1771]
- Physical Description:
- [8], 417, [3] p., [23] leaves of plates ([20] folded) : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsG420 .B68 1771Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6551726
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Earliest French circumnavigation of the globe and one of the first in which scientific experiments were included.
Dedication signed (p. [7]): De Bougainville.
Engraved vignette on t.p.
The maps are numbered 1-19; no. 16 in 2 parts. There are 3 additional plates numbered 1-3.
Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 6864
Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), I:1167
"Vocabulaire de l'ile Taiti", p. 389-402.
Appendix on Tahitian language pronunciation by Jacob Rodrigue Pereire, p. 403-407.
Errata statement, p. [1] at end.
Approbation, p. [3] at end. - Subject Terms:
- Boudeuse (Frigate)Discoveries in geography -- Early works to 1800.Engraving -- Specimens -- 1771.Etoile (Ship)Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.Tahitian language -- Dictionaries -- French -- Early works to 1800.Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800.
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