Éloge de Cook / Par P.L. Paris, de l"oratoíre, de plusieurs Académies et Sociétés littéraires...
Éloge de Cook / Par P.L. Paris, de l"oratoíre, de plusieurs Académies et Sociétés littéraires ...
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Full title
Author / Creator
Publisher
A Riom : chez Pierre Landriot, 1790.
Date
1790.
Call Numbers
MRB/250
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MMS ID
Language
French
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
[3], 6-96 p. ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Publication information
Publisher
A Riom : chez Pierre Landriot, 1790.
Date Published
1790.
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Access Conditions
Mitchell Library copy: Issued in Special Collections.
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Full title
Éloge de Cook / Par P.L. Paris, de l"oratoíre, de plusieurs Académies et Sociétés littéraires ...
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Mitchell Library copy: acquired from Hordern House, June 2015. Purchase funded by the Library Foundation (State Library of NSW).
Citation / References Note
Beddie, Bibliography of Cook, 1971.
Contextual Information
Biographical note
The author, Pierre-Louis Paris, was a scientist and a man of letters about whom little is known. In this book Paris provides an account of Cook's three voyages, describing Australia and the islands of the Pacific, lauding his bravery in facing the unknown Antarctic, and recounting his death in the Sandwich Islands. Paris speculates about the public...
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Call Numbers
MRB/250
Record Identifier
74VK7v2wEy0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK7v2wEy0y
Other Identifiers
DDC
910.92
MMS ID
991022756409702626
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