UID:
almafu_9960118508202883
Format:
1 online resource (56 pages) :
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illustrations (black and white), map (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-107-44742-9
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Maritime exploration
Uniform Title:
Relation d'un voyage à la recherche de La Peyrouse.
Content:
Following the mysterious disappearance of the La Pérouse expedition after it sailed out of Botany Bay in 1788, the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755-1834) took part in the search that departed in 1791 from Brest in two ships, Recherche and Esperance. In the space of three years, the expedition's naturalists collected numerous specimens, with Labillardière focusing on Australian flora, but their missing countrymen were never found. Labillardière was able to publish this narrative to great acclaim in 1800. Reissued here is the English translation of the same year, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia. This volume of illustrations contains more than forty plates depicting people, artefacts, plants and animals.
Note:
Also issued in print: 2014.
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Originally published: London: J. Debrett, 1800.
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Translated from the French.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-07377-8
Language:
English
