Jean Roux Journal du voyage fait sur le vaisseau du Roi Le Mascarin

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Full title: Jean Roux Journal du voyage fait sur le vaisseau du Roi Le Mascarin, commandé par M. Marion, Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal et Militaire de St Louis, Capitaine de Brulot: accompagné de la Flutte Le Marquis de Castries, pour faire le voyage de l'Isle Taïty ou de Cythère, en faisant la découverte des Terres Australes, passant à la Nouvelle Hollande, à la Nouvelle Zélande, etc. etc., par le Sr Jean Roux, Lieutenant sur le susdit vaisseau Le Mascarin, 18 October 1771 - 7 May 1773. 0.39 metres of textual material (1 box) - 38 x 24 cm - manuscript in ink, with plain paper wrappers, folios stitched with green ribbon. One of four known manuscript copies. A copy is held by the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (BNF) and two copies are held by the French National Archives. Paper watermarked 'D&C Blauw'. A complete account by Lieutenant Jean Roux of the voyage of the Mascarin commanded by Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, beginning with the departure from the Isle de France on 18 October 1771 and continuing through to their return in May 1773. The sixty-four page manuscript journal is written in a secretarial hand. It details events of the voyage but also contains valuable ethnographic and nautical information. Seven pages of the journal are devoted to Van Diemen’s Land (‘Terre de Diemen’) and Roux provides detailed ethnographic descriptions. As with many European voyages of discovery of this time, Dufresne’s time in Van Diemen’s Land was not without incident, and this account is particularly rich in its documentation of violent encounters. There are also notable descriptions of the native wildlife of Van Diemen’s Land. The account of New Zealand occupies approximately forty-three pages of the journal and features rich descriptions of the landscape and Maori people. Again, of particular interest is the recounting of violent encounters, including a detailed description of the 'Massacre de M. Marion'.

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