Roquefeuil, Camille de:

$13,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE, PENDENT LES ANNÉES 1816, 1817, ET 1819.... The only full account of the third French circumnavigation, and an important source on the Northwest Coast, California, and Hawaii. Sent to explore the possibilities for French trade and commerce with China and the East Indies, Roquefeuil's mission was considered a failure by the French authorities. This account of the voyage was therefore published without official government sanction, likely in a very small edition, and is very scarce on the market. No full English language translation has ever been produced."In 1816, the year following Napoleon's final overthrow, the Bordelais, under command of Lieutenant Camille de Roquefeuil of the navy engaged in a voyage around the world, 'with a view not only to immediate trade, but to a prospective enlargement of national commerce' - at the expense, of course, of the British and American traders."The vessel sailed from Bordeaux in October 1816, with a complement of thirty-four men and three officers and arrived at Nootka [via Chile and Peru] in September 1817. This was the first visit to the region of which we have a full account since the massacre of the Boston's crew. Here Roquefeuil made a stay of several weeks and gives many particulars of the Indians and their famous chief Maquinna who was saluted with seven guns, and was as anxious to barter and receive presents as in times of old. After completing a survey of the region and obtaining some furs at B

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