A Voyage round the World, Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by the Boussole and Astrolabe 2 Volume Set

Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-108-03185-1
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Medienkombination, Englisch, 1168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 2890 g

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration

Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (1741–88) was a French explorer appointed by Louis XVI to lead an expedition to explore the Pacific Ocean, which ended in disaster when in 1788 the ships left Botany Bay in Australia on course for the islands of Oceania, and were never heard from again. However, La Pérouse had sent back via a British ship letters, journals and charts which form the basis of these detailed volumes (first published in English translation in 1799), providing a fascinating account of the journey and the discoveries of the expedition. They provide valuable insights into the social and political context of contemporary scientific naval expeditions. Volume 1 includes a biography of La Pérouse and details of the preparations for the voyage. Volume 2 includes the route of the expedition and ethnological notes concerning the indigenous inhabitants of California and Easter Island.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millet-Mureau, L. A.

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographische Entdeckungen und Erkundung
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie Historische Geographie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Volume 1: Translator's preface; Editor's preface; Introduction by the editor; Decree of the National Assembly, February 1, 1791; Decree of the National Assembly, April 22, 1791; General list of the officers, men of letters, artists, seaman and marines, embarked on board the frigates la Boussole and l'Astrolabe; Private instructions from the king to the sieur de la Pérouse; Extract from the general instructions of Mr. de la Pérouse, June 26, 1785; Notes geographical and historical, to be subjoined to the king's private instructions to Mr. de la Pérouse; Letter from the marshal de Castries to Mr. de Condorcet, perpetual secretary to the academy of sciences; Memoir drawn up by the academy of science for the astronomers and others, embarked under the command of Mr. de la Pérouse; Questions proposed by the society of medicine to the navigators accompanying Mr. de la Pérouse; Experiments to be made for preserving the water put on board from corruption, communicated to Mr. de la Pérouse, by the abbé Tessier; Memoir for the direction of the gardener in the duties he has to perform on his voyage round the world, by Mr. Thouin; Catalogue of goods and merchandise put on board the vessels under the order of Mr. de la Pérouse, for the purpose of barter, and making presents; Summary of the instruments of astronomy, navigation, natural philosophy, chemistry, &c. &c. for the use of the men of science and artists employed in the voyage of discovery; Catalogue of books of voyages, astronomy, navigation, physics, natural history, delivered to Mr. de la Pérouse, for the use of the officers and men of science embarked under his command; Narrative of an interesting voyage of the frigate la Princess, from Manilla to San Blas, in 1780, 1781; Extract from the account of a voyage made in 1779, by Don Francisco Antonio Maurelle, ensign of a frigate in the service of the king of Spain, to explore the western coast of North America: 1. Object of the expedition; 2. Description of the island of St. Catherine; 3. Description of Conception; 4. Description of Easter Island; 5. Excursion of Mr. de Langle into the interior parts of Easter Island; 6. Departure from Easter Island; 7. Departure from the Sandwich Islands; 8. Continuation of our stay at Port des Français; 9. Description of Port des Français; 10. Departure from Port des Français; 11. Description of Monterey Bay; 12. Astronomical observations; 13. Departure from Monterey; 14. Arrival at Macao; 15. Arrival at Cavite; 16. Departure from Cavite. Volume 2: 17. Route towards the north-west of Japan; 18. Continuation of our route to the north; 19. Stay at baie de Castries; 20. Departure from baie de Castries; 21. Supplement to the preceding chapters; 22. Anchorage in the bay of Avatscha; 23. Summary of particulars respecting Kamtschatka; 24. Manners, customs, and arts, of the natives of Maouna; 25. Departure from the island of Maouna; 26. Departure from the Navigators' islands; Tables of the route of the Boussole, during the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, from the time of it's leaving Europe to it's arrival in Botany Bay; Tables of the route of the Astrolabe, during the years 1785, 1786, and 1787, from the time of its departure from Europe till its arrival at Kamtschatka; Character of Lamanon Citizen Ponce; Dissertation on the inhabitants of Easter Island, and the island of Mowee M. Rollin; Sketch of the geography of Easter Island M. Bernizet; Observations on the physiology and pathology of the natives of America M. Rollin; Description of certain insects la Martinière; Dissertation on the natives of Tchoka Island, and on the eastern Tartars M. Rollin; Observations on different places M. de la Monneron; Account of Manilla and Formosa M. de la Pérouse; Disquisition on the terebratula, or anomia of Linnaeus M. de Lamanon; Disquisition on the Cornu Ammonis M. de Lamanon; Observations on the trade of s