
An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse
Undertaken by Order of the Constituent Assembly of France, and Performed in the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793
Cambridge University Press
Published on 23. October 2014
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534 pages
978-1-108-07375-2 (ISBN)
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Following the mysterious disappearance of the La Perouse expedition after it sailed out of Botany Bay in 1788, the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere (1755-1834) took part in the search that departed in 1791 from Brest in two ships, Recherche and Esperance. In the space of three years, the expedition's naturalists collected numerous specimens, with Labillardiere focusing on Australian flora, but their missing countrymen were never found. Notwithstanding the later confiscation of the scientific collections by the British - Sir Joseph Banks helped to secure their return - Labillardiere was able to publish this narrative to great acclaim in 1800. Reissued here is the English translation of the same year, complete with a volume of finely engraved plates. The work is especially notable for its descriptions and illustrations of the indigenous peoples of Australasia. Volume 1 covers the expedition from September 1791 through to January 1793, when it reached Tasmania.
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
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745 gr
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978-1-108-07375-2 (9781108073752)
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Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardiere
An Account of a Voyage in Search of La Perouse 2 Volume Set
Undertaken by Order of the Constituent Assembly of France, and Performed in the Years 1791, 1792, and 1793
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Content
Dedication; Translator's preface; Introduction; List of plates; Indexes; 1. Departure from Brest; 2. We leave Teneriffe to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope; 3. Stay at the Cape of Good Hope; 4. Departure from the Cape of Good Hope; 5. Stay at Port d'Entrecasteaux; 6. Importance of d'Entrecasteaux's strait; 7. Departure from Carteret's harbour; 8. Stay at Amboyna; 9. Departure from Amboyna.