Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Histoire des nouvelles decouvertes faites dans la Mer du Sud en 1767, 1768, 1769 & 1770
Hydrographie de la Mer du Sud
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Chez de Hansy le jeune
Place
Date
1774
Physical Description
2 volumes ([i-iv], xlviii, [1], 522 [1]; [1], 572, [3] pages), [1] folded plate : map ; 20 cm.(8vo)
Language
French
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Bookplate: James Edge Partington
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Rare books--18th century; Oceania - Discovery and exploration - Early works to 1800]
Includes an account of Cook's first voyage. Half-title: Hydrographie de la Mer du Sud. Includes contents at end of both v. Corrgenda: p. [1] at end of v.1. Head- and tail pieces; title vignettes. Beddie 720.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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