Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde / publié conformément au décret du 22 avril 1791, et rédig...
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde / publié conformément au décret du 22 avril 1791, et rédig...
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde / 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.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Paris : Imprimerie de la République, an V. [1797].
Call Numbers
DSM/X980/3 , RB/DQ990A/2 , SAFE/X79/2 , SAFE/X79/1 , Q79/22 , Q79/21 , RB/Q538 , RB/DQ990A/1 , SAFE/X79/3 , Q79/23 , Q79/24 , RB/Q537 , RB/DQ990A/3 , MRB/Q980/L , RB/DQ990A/4 , X980/3A
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Language
French
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
4 volumes ; 30 cm. + 1 atlas (69 leaves of plates ; 59 cm.)
Content type
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Chapter at volume 1 pages 256 - 323, entitled, "Relation d'un voyage intéressant de la frégate la Princesse, de Manille à Saint-Blaise, en 1780 et 1781," has been translated from the Spanish of F.A. Maurelle by A.G. Pingré.
Chapter at volume 1 pages 324-342, entitled, "Extrait de la relation d'un voyage fait en 1779, par Don François-Antoine Maurelle ... pour la découverte des côtes occidentales de l'Amérique Septentrionale", extract by Don François-Antoine Maurelle.
Summary of volumes -- Volume 1: includes all preliminary instructions, memoirs, etc. relative to the expedition. -- Volumes 2 and 3: Journal of Lapérouse and tables of the routes of the Boussole and the Astrolabe. -- Volume 4: Supplementary memoirs, letters, etc. -- Accompanying atlas includes char...
Publication information
Publisher
Paris : Imprimerie de la République, an V. [1797].
Analytical title
Atlas de voyage de La Pérouse.
Date Published
an V. [1797].
Access and use
Access Conditions
Copying conditions: Out of copyright.
Access Conditions
To be issued in Special Collections.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
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...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde / 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.
Variant title
Atlas de voyage de La Pérouse.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
FitzHerbert, Henry, Sir, 1783-1858, former owner. NSL
Fröding, Jonas, -1808, binder. NSL
Milet-Mureau, L. A. (Louis Antoine), 1756-1825.
Mourelle de la Rúa, Francisco Antonio, 1750-1820.
Pingré, Alexandre Guy, 1711-1796.
Raye, Joan, de Beukeler-Waert, 1737-1823, former owner. NSL
Notes
General note
Atlas has engraved half-title: Atlas du voyage de la Pérouse.
Call nos. Q79/21; Q79/22; Q79/23; Q79/24 selected for digitisation 2019.
SAFE/X79/1 Selected for Digitisation 2019....
Citation / References Note
Ferguson, J.A. Bibliography of Australia, 251
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress, 688
Additional physical form availability note
Online at the State Library of NSW.
Exhibitions
Exhibited in: "Maps of the Pacific", State Library of New South Wales, August 2021 to 24 April 2022. NSL
Voyage de La Perouse fait dans les Annees 1785, 86, 87, et 88, Exhibited in: "Crux. Rare maps from the State Library of NSW", 20 March-30 July 2000. NSL
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DSM/X980/3 , RB/DQ990A/2 , SAFE/X79/2 , SAFE/X79/1 , Q79/22 , Q79/21 , RB/Q538 , RB/DQ990A/1 , SAFE/X79/3 , Q79/23 , Q79/24 , RB/Q537 , RB/DQ990A/3 , MRB/Q980/L , RB/DQ990A/4 , X980/3A
Record Identifier
74VKJj54lEN3
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJj54lEN3
Other Identifiers
DDC
910.41
MMS ID
991022299229702626
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