Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
A voyage round the world performed in the years 1785, 1786, 1787 and 1788 by the Boussole and Astrolabe, under the command of J.F.G. de La Perouse
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Printed by A. Hamilton, for G. G. and J. Robinson ..., J. Edwards ... and T. Payne ...
Place
Date
1799
Physical Description
3 volumes : illustrations (engravings), maps, portraits ; 31 cm + 1 atlas, 45 cm (4 to, folded)
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Public Access Text
Translation of: Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde. Paris : Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. v.1: lvi, 539 p. (the last p. blank), [1] leaf of plates ; v.2: viii, 531, [17] p. (the last p. blank) ; v.3: 1 atlas (69 leaves of plates (some folded)). Text volumes are in quarto, the volume of plates in folio. La Perouse was a French navigator who conducted wide-ranging explorations in the Pacific Ocean. ESTC T197248.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Reserve Collection - XXOS
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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