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An Account of a Voyage in Search Ofla Perouse: Undertaken by Order of the Constituent Assembly of France, and Performed in the Years 1791, 1792, and

An Account of a Voyage in Search Ofla Perouse: Undertaken by Order of the Constituent Assembly of France, and Performed in the Years 1791, 1792, and

La Billardiere, Jacques-Julien Houtou de

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ExplorationFrench HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 110807376X
ISBN13: 9781108073769
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 23 2014
Pages: 482
Weight: 1.34
Height: 1.07 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Following the mysterious disappearance of the La Pérouse expedition after it sailed out of Botany Bay in 1788, the French botanist Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière (1755-1834) took part in the search that departed in 1791 from Brest in two ships, Recherche and Espérance. In the space of three years, the expedition's naturalists collected numerous specimens, with Labillardière 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 - Labillardière 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 2 includes discussion of Tasmania, New Caledonia and the Friendly Islands, along with vocabulary lists.

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