THE EXPEDITION OF THE ST. JEAN-BAPTISTE TO THE PACIFIC, 1769-1770.
From Journals of Jean de Surville and Guillaume Labe. Translated and edited by John Dunmore. Pp. x+310, frontispiece plus 8 plates, 4 text maps, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered & decorated in gilt and ruled in blind; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed, the back panel slightly soiled; fore-edges of leaves faintly foxed; The Hakluyt Society, London, 1981. Hakluyt Society, Second Series, No. 158. *'This edition, based on unpublished documents held in the French National Archives, adds a new dimension to our understanding of Pacific exploration and places the voyage in the broader perspective of continuing Anglo-French rivalry' [wrapper blurb]. Item #156531
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