Voyage de Decouvertes, A L'Ocean Pacifique Du Nord Et Autour Du Monde: Dans Lequel La Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique a Ete Soigneusement Reconnue Et Exactement Relevee: Ordonne Par Le Roi D'Angleterre ... Et Execute En 1790 ... 1795
Voyage de Decouvertes, A L'Ocean Pacifique Du Nord Et Autour Du Monde: Dans Lequel La Cote Nord-Ouest de L'Amerique a Ete Soigneusement Reconnue Et Exactement Relevee: Ordonne Par Le Roi D'Angleterre ... Et Execute En 1790 ... 1795
Cet ouvrage classique de voyage a ???t??? ???crit par George Vancouver, un officier de la Royal Navy britannique qui a men??? des explorations de la c???te nord-ouest de l'Am???rique ??? la fin du 18???me si???cle. Il couvre une vaste gamme de sujets allant des d???couvertes g???ographiques aux observations sur la faune et la flore, en passant par les relations avec les peuples autochtones. Richement illustr??? de cartes et de gravures de qualit???, ce livre est un incontournable pour quiconque s'int???resse ??? l'histoire ...
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Cet ouvrage classique de voyage a ???t??? ???crit par George Vancouver, un officier de la Royal Navy britannique qui a men??? des explorations de la c???te nord-ouest de l'Am???rique ??? la fin du 18???me si???cle. Il couvre une vaste gamme de sujets allant des d???couvertes g???ographiques aux observations sur la faune et la flore, en passant par les relations avec les peuples autochtones. Richement illustr??? de cartes et de gravures de qualit???, ce livre est un incontournable pour quiconque s'int???resse ??? l'histoire de l'exploration. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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First edition in French (first published in English at London, 1798). 4to. 3 volumes: (4), iii-xj, (1), 491; (6), 516; (6), 562 pp. 17 plates and one chart bound in the three text volumes; with the half-titles. Accompanied by an elephant folio atlas, containing 6 plates and 10 double-page charts. Howes V-23: "Most of the three years occupied was spent on the California and Northwest coasts which were now first accurately charted. Of all modern exploring voyages to the pacific those of Cook, La Perouse, and Vancouver were the most important." Sabin 98441. Streeter sale 3497, a long entry, in part: "One of the most important accounts of the exploration of the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand, and valuable source of information about Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands in the last decade of the eighteenth century. Cowan considered the account to be superior to any of its kind and the chief authority on the areas explored in this period...important features are the engraved views if the mission of San Carlos and the Presidio of Monterey, probably the first published views of California." Hill Collection 1753 (for the first edition). Reese West 21: "Most important of the 18th-century English voyages to the northwest because of its superb cartography." Cf. Zamorano 80, 77, Tweney 89, 78, and Lada-Mocarski 55. Portions of the text browned, persistent foxing, but a very good untrimmed copy. Recently rebound in contemporary style light blue paper boards (employing the original endpapers), printed paper spine labels. (63125) (9857).
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