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Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde

Person
Lapérouse, Jean François de Galaup
Subject
Category
Author
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup
Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine)
Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio
Pingré, Alexandre Guy
Publisher
Paris : Imprimerie de la République, an V.
Keywords
Boussole (Frigate)
Astrolabe (Frigate)
La Pérouse
Expedition
Creator
La Pérouse, Jean-François de Galaup
Current holder
Item number
991022299229702626
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
Language
Period of reference
1700 to 1800
Description from source
publié conformément au décret du 22 avril 1791, et rédige par M.L.A. Milet-Mureau, Générale de Brigade dans le Corps du Génie, Directeur des Fortifications, Ex-Constituant, Membre de plusieurs Sociétés littéraires de Paris. Volume set with accompanying atlas detailing the journey of Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, who was appointed to lead an expedition around the world by Louis XVI in 1785. During the expedition Lapérouse travelled to Easter Island, Hawaii, Alaska, California, Macau, Japan, Russia, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia. The set is composed of material sent back to France by the expedition before it was lost in 1789.
Physical format
Books
Maps
Related resources
Date accessed
2022-08-09
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