Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeen

Overall: 550 x 360 mm A book by Admiral Francois-Edmond Paris titled 'Essai sur la Construction Navale des Peuples Extra-Europeen ou Collection des Navires et Pirogues Construits par les Habitants de l'Asie, de la Malaisie, du Grand Ocean et de l'Amerique' (Essay on Shipbuilding by Non-European Pepoles or Collection of Boats and Canoes built by the inhabitants of Asia, Malasia, Oceania and America). In 1841 the French Navy captain François-Edmond Pâris compiled for publication his notes, sketches and naval architectural drawings of non-European watercraft, based on observations during three circumnavigations of the globe on the ASTROLABE (1826-1829), LA FAVORITE (1829-1833) and ARTEMISE (1837-1841). The entire folio consists of two volumes in thirteen parts, divided by geographical region. 156 pages of text describe the construction and use of watercraft in various non-European countries and European colonies. The text is accompanied by 132 plates of lithographs of the watercraft in use and engravings of their naval architecture. This is the title page from the folio of loose leaf text and images.