Nouveau Voyage a la Mer du Sud, Commence sous les ordres de M. Marion [.] On a Joint a ce Voyage Un Extrait de celui de M. de Surville dans les memes Parages.

Crozet, Julien Marie

Published by Chez Barrois, Paris, 1783

About this Item

viii, 290, [1] pages. Contemporary binding, old library stamp on front paste down but no other markings, lacks front flyleaf and half-title page. No plates or maps. Old marginal paper repairs up to page 8, a few letters missing on margins of pages iii-vi. First publication of the fateful voyage of Marion du Fresne to New Zealand in 1772. An account of the voyage of de Surville to New Zealand in 1769 is also published here for the first time. Prior to the visit in New Zealand the Crozet Islands in the Indian Ocean were discovered and the expedition stopped at Tasmania. Seller Inventory # 4583

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Title: Nouveau Voyage a la Mer du Sud, Commence ...

Publisher: Chez Barrois, Paris

Publication Date: 1783

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition