Voyage round the world undertaken by order of the Government on the Corvette La Coquille by Rene Pri...
Voyage round the world undertaken by order of the Government on the Corvette La Coquille by Rene Primevere Lesson, translated by Sir William Dixson
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DLWD 90 , DLWD 91
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2 volumes of textual material - manuscript, bound in leather
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Contents list available in DLWD 90 -
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Contents
Lesson's account of the voyage of La Coquille to the South Seas and Australasia leaving 11 August 1822 and arriving back in France 22 March 1825. Included among places visited and visited are the Canary Isles, Brazil, the Falkland Isles, Chile, Peru, Tahiti, Society Islands, New Zealand, Waigeo Island, the Moluccas, Sydney, Bay of Islands (New Z...
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Voyage round the world undertaken by order of the Government on the Corvette La Coquille by Rene Primevere Lesson, translated by Sir William Dixson
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Original work published in Paris in 1838
Transferred from DLSPENCER 442
Published account in the Dixson Library 83/202-203
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Information transferred from Dixson Manuscript Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012.
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Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Administrative / Biographical history
Rene Primevere Lesson , 1794-1849, French naval doctor, sailed in teh corvette, La Coquille, and scientist and artist on Duperrey's voyage to the Pacific and Australia 1822-1825, During ship's 2 month visit to Port Jackson, the French made valuable scientific observations. Lesson visited the Nepean River, the Blue Mountains, and Bathurst, noting a...
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DLWD 90 , DLWD 91
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1xqZE2WY
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950177
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