LA PÉROUSE, Jean François Galaup, Comte de. A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 ... to Which are Added, A Voyage from Manila to California, by Don Antonio Maurelle: and an Abstract of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Late Capt. G. Vancouver . Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1801.
LA PÉROUSE, Jean François Galaup, Comte de. A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 ... to Which are Added, A Voyage from Manila to California, by Don Antonio Maurelle: and an Abstract of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Late Capt. G. Vancouver . Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1801. 12 o (173 x 98 mm). (Some occasional spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (front cover detached, rear joint weak, some chipping to spine ends). Provenance : Smith Williams (ownership signature on front and rear flyleaves). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Also included in La Pérouse's narrative is the Spanish navigator Mourelle's description of his voyage to Manilla aboard the Princesa , and a short abstract of George Vancouver's voyage of discovery in the north Pacific where he created remarkably accurate surveys that, for the greater part of the nineteenth century, were the only reliable authority for navigating the remoter parts of British Columbia and Alaska. Ferguson 333; Howes L-93; Sabin 38966; Shaw & Shoemaker 789.
LA PÉROUSE, Jean François Galaup, Comte de. A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 ... to Which are Added, A Voyage from Manila to California, by Don Antonio Maurelle: and an Abstract of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Late Capt. G. Vancouver . Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1801.
LA PÉROUSE, Jean François Galaup, Comte de. A Voyage Round the World Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, 1788 ... to Which are Added, A Voyage from Manila to California, by Don Antonio Maurelle: and an Abstract of the Voyages and Discoveries of the Late Capt. G. Vancouver . Boston: Joseph Bumstead, 1801. 12 o (173 x 98 mm). (Some occasional spotting.) Contemporary tree calf (front cover detached, rear joint weak, some chipping to spine ends). Provenance : Smith Williams (ownership signature on front and rear flyleaves). FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Also included in La Pérouse's narrative is the Spanish navigator Mourelle's description of his voyage to Manilla aboard the Princesa , and a short abstract of George Vancouver's voyage of discovery in the north Pacific where he created remarkably accurate surveys that, for the greater part of the nineteenth century, were the only reliable authority for navigating the remoter parts of British Columbia and Alaska. Ferguson 333; Howes L-93; Sabin 38966; Shaw & Shoemaker 789.
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