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Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde

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Title
Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde
Subject
Discovery and exploration--French
Voyages and travels
Discoveries in geography
Islands of the Pacific
Category
1. Settlement
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
Person
Jean François de Galaup
Current holder
State Library of New South Wales
Period of reference
1700 – 1800
Link
https://search.sl.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/lg5tom/SLNSW_ALMA21106824140002626
Item number
9.91022E+17
Access rights
Digitised
Country of origin
France
Australia
Language
French
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
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/7T6H67G4/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/3BE6BVEU/
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4688363/oama/items/3VVZF5MG/item-list
Date accessed
August 9, 2022