Voyage dans les mers de l'Inde :
fait par ordre du roi, à l'occasion du passage de Vénus, sur le disque de soleil, le 6 juin 1761, & le 3 du même mois 1769 /
par M. Le Gentil.

Description

Main Author

Le Gentil de la Galaisière, Guillaume Joseph Hyacinthe Jean Baptiste, 1725-1792.

Related Names

Imprimerie royale (France)

Language(s)

French

Published

Paris : De l'Imprimerie royale, MDCCLXXIX-MDCCLXXXI [1779-1781]

Subjects

Voyages and travels.
Religion.
Monsoons.
Manners and customs.
Hindu astronomy.
Discoveries in geography.
Astronomy.
Monsoons > Monsoons / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Astronomy > Astronomy / Observations.
Hindu astronomy > Hindu astronomy / Early works to 1800.
Voyages and travels > Voyages and travels / Early works to 1800.
Philippines.
Madagascar.
Indian Ocean.
India.
Inde > Inde / Mœurs et coutumes > Inde / Mœurs et coutumes / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Philippines > Philippines / Descriptions et voyages > Philippines / Descriptions et voyages / Ouvrages avant 1800.
Madagascar > Madagascar / Early works to 1800.
Philippines > Philippines / Early works to 1800.
India > India / Religion > India / Religion / Early works to 1800.
India > India / Social life and customs > India / Social life and customs / Early works to 1800.
Indian Ocean > Indian Ocean / Discovery and exploration > Indian Ocean / Discovery and exploration / Early works to 1800.
Observations.
Early works.
Engravings > Engravings / France > Engravings / France / 18th century.

Note

Pagination: volume 1, xvj, 707, [1], xiij, [3] p., 13 folded leaves of plates (87 and 439 misnumbered 85 and 349); volume 2, xvj, 844, xvj, [4] p., 14 folded leaves of plates.
Includes indexes.
Title vignettes; head- and tailpieces
Errata at end of each volume.

Physical Description

2 volumes : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm (4to)

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