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Histoire des navigations aux terres australes : contenant ce que l'on scait des moeurs & des productions des contrees decouvertes jusqu'a ce jour; & ou il est traitΘ de l'utilite d'y faire de plus amples decouvertes, & des moyens d'y former un etablissement.

documentary heritage
  • Other Name

    De Brosses Terres Australes [Spine Title] (Alternate title)

    History of navigations to the southern lands: containing what we saw of the mores & productions of the counterfeits discovered to this day; and where it is discussed the utility of making further discoveries, and the means of forming an establishment there [English translation] (Alternate title)

  • Description

    This important work was compiled by Charles de Brosses, the noted historian and contributor to Diderot's Encyclopedie; John Callandar based much of his three-volume compendium of voyages in 1766 on de Brosses's summary of Pacific voyages to date. This thorough collection is one of the outstanding works on the early voyages of exploration to Australasia, 1502-1764, during which navigators touched on the supposed southern continent of Magellanica.

    In three parts (Magellanie, Australasie, and Polynesie), it covers the voyages of Vespucci, Magellan, Drake, Sarmiento, Hawkins, Quiros, Noort, Spilbergen, Nodal, Schouten, Dampier, Roggeveen, Anson and others. De Brosses's goal in publishing this history of voyages was to stimulate French discovery and colonization in the South Seas, and included the proposition that France should settle Australia as a penal colony.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    G923 BRO 1756 (Library of Congress Call Number)

    35242 (Cat ID)

    62983 (DBTextworks system ID)

    28044 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Histoire des navigations aux terres australes : contenant ce que l'on scait des moeurs & des productions des contrees decouvertes jusqu'a ce jour; & ou il est traitΘ de l'utilite d'y faire de plus amples decouvertes, & des moyens d'y former un etablissement.
  • Other Name

    De Brosses Terres Australes [Spine Title] (Alternate title)

    History of navigations to the southern lands: containing what we saw of the mores & productions of the counterfeits discovered to this day; and where it is discussed the utility of making further discoveries, and the means of forming an establishment there [English translation] (Alternate title)

  • Primary Maker

     Charles de Brosses (Author)

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Chez Durand
  • Place
  • Date
    1756
  • Physical Description

    2 volumes ([2], xiv, 463 pages, 7 folded leaves of plates; [2], 513, [1], 2 pages): maps; 26 cm (4to)

  • Language
    French
  • Collection
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    2 items in this collection. View all items.

  • Related Object Notes
    MS-2000-5 Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection of Books and Pamphlets
    MUS-1995-38-86 Museum correspondence û Mackelvie, James Tannock
    N5297 CAT Catalogue of the Mackelvie Collection for Auckland, New Zealand
  • Edition/State/Version
    1st edition
  • Subject Category
  • Provenance Details
    Spine of both volumes stamped in gold with 'Presented by J.T. Mackelvie'.
  • Content
    Livre 1. Ou╠ il est traite∞ des utilite∞s de la de∞couverte -- Livre 2. Contenant de de∞couvertes faites aux terres australes, dans le cours du seizie╠me sie╠cle -- Livre 3. Contenant les de∞couvertes faites durant le cours du dix-septie╠me sie╠cle -- Livre 4. Contenant les de∞couvertes faites depeuis le commencement du dix-huitie╠me sie╠cle -- Livre 5. Ou╠ il est traite∞ des moyens de former un e∞tablissement aux terres australes -- Additions et supplement, a l'histoire des navigations aux terres australes -- Supple'ment a l'histoire de la Polynesie ? /
    Book 1. Where it is dealt with the utilities of discovery -- Book 2. Container of discoveries made in the southern lands, during the sixteenth century -- Book 3. Containing the discoveries made during the course of the seventeenth century -- Book 4. Containing the discoveries made since the beginning of the eighteenth century --Book 5. Where it is dealt with the means of forming an establishment in the southern lands -- Additions and supplement, to the history of the navigations in the southern lands -- In addition to the history of Polynesia ? [English translation]
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Jesuits--Missions--Polynesia--Early works to 1800; Rare books--18th century; Polynesia--Discovery and exploration--Early works to 1800]

    Attributed to Charles de Brosses. Includes bibliographical references and index. Hocken p 5 AWMM volume includes details of the discoveries of the Dutch in Australasia.

  • Collection Type
    Reserve Collection
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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