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Saggio dell'opera Voyages autour du monde, o sia I viaggi di Cook, 1799-1805

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Title
Saggio dell'opera Voyages autour du monde, o sia I viaggi di Cook, 1799-1805
Subject
Oceania--Discovery and exploration
Discoveries in geography
Voyages and travels
Australia--Description and travel
Explorers
Italian language--Written Italian
Category
1. Settlement
Author
Bertacchi, Francesco
Keywords
Expedition
Person
James
Jean François de Galaup
Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni
Current holder
National Library of Australia
Period of reference
1799 – 1805
Link
https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3215422336
https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/4902846
Series number
MS Acc10.059
Item number
4902846
Access rights
Digitised
Rights
Copyright Undetermined. Available for research. Not for loan.
Language
Italian
Description from source
0.03 m. (1 v.)

MS Acc10.059 comprises a 436-page monograph in Italian on Captain James Cook's three voyages. Based on the Paris edition of Jean Baptiste Antoine Suard's translation of Cook's A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Consists of title page, four-page note to the reader, five-page introduction, chapters on each of Cook's voyages, and a "Note del compilatore questo saggio". In the final chapter Bertacchi gives his own notes on the voyages and subsequent history in the Pacific, making reference to a wide range of other sources, and including discussions of the voyages of Malaspina, La Perouse and d'Entrecasteaux, which were modelled on those of Cook (1 v.).
Physical format
Manuscripts