La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup:

$4,500 · Offered by William Reese Company

VIAGGIO DI LA PÉROUSE INTORNO AL MONDO, Tradotto dal Cav. Angelo Petracchi.... The first Italian edition of La Pérouse's monumental journey, here in beautiful original condition, and rarely encountered thus."La Pérouse's expedition was one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to the Pacific and the west coast of North America....The charge to the expedition was to examine such parts of the region as had not been explored by Captain Cook; to seek for an interoceanic passage; to make scientific observations on the various countries, peoples, and products; to obtain reliable information about the fur trade and the extent of Spanish settlements in California; and to promote the inducements for French enterprise in that quarter....La Pérouse and his men did important geographical research [including visits to Easter Island, the first on-shore visit to Hawaii by Europeans, Macao, Formosa, the Aleutian Islands, Samoa, Tonga, and Australia]....The voyage also included the first foreign scientific group ever to visit Alta California....La Pérouse sent dispatches back to France from Kamchatka and Botany Bay." - Hill.La Pérouse sent back copies of his journals throughout the journey, both overland across Russia and via British ships met at Botany Bay in the spring of 1788. After he left Australia, his party was never seen again, and it was not until the 1820s that the wrecks of his ships were discovered on a reef in the Santa Cruz group. When it became clear tha

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