Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the south-east of New Guinea :
with the subsequent visits to the same lands by English navigators who gave them new names : to which is prefixed, an historical abridgement of the voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards in the same seas /
by M. [i.e. C. P. C. Fleurieu], ; translated from the French.

Description

Main Author

Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret), comte de, 1738-1810.

Related Names

Buache de Neuville, Jean Nicolas, 1741-1825.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for J. Stockdale, 1791.

Subjects

Discoveries in geography.
Vanuatu > Vanuatu / Discovery and exploration.
Solomon Islands > Solomon Islands / Discovery and exploration.

Note

With appendix containing an Extract from a memoir concerning the existence and situation of Solomon's Islands, presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Jan. 9, 1781, by M. Buache.
Imperfect copy: original binding wanting. Rebound in brown buckram with imprint of Miami University Libraries.
Translation of Découvertes des François, en 1768 & 1769, dans le sud-est de la Nouvelle Guinée.

Physical Description

xxiv, 323 p., 12 fold. plates : 3 fold. ill., 9 fold. maps ; 30 cm.

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