‎La pérouse‎

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois‎

‎FRAGMENS DU DERNIER VOYAGE DE LA PEROUSE‎

‎National Library of Australia undated. 2 Vols. 8vo's unpaginated. A very good paperback set house in like slipcase. Boards lightly flecked. Limited to 500 copies. Facsimile of the original 1797 pamphlet. National Library of Australia, undated paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 129727

‎La Perouse, Jean Francois de:‎

‎La Perousen‘s Entdeckungsreisen in den Jahren 1785 86 87 und 88. Aus dem Französischen mit Anmerkungen von Forster und Sprengel. 2 Bände.‎

‎Berlin und Hamburg 1800. Bibliothek der neuesten und interessantesten Reisebeschreibungen Band 23. 8vo. 410 S. mit 1 gest. Frontispiz 1 Portraitvignette auf dem Titel 2 Kupfertafeln 1 gef. Karte; 344 S. mit gest Frontispiz 1 Titelvignette 1 gefalt. Karte. Halblederbände der Zeit mit RSchild etwas berieben Rotschnitt guter Zustand. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : H492

‎La Perouse, Jean Francois de Galaup‎

‎MASSACRE DE MM. DE LANGLE LAMANON ET DE DIX AUTRES DES DEUX ÉQUIPAGES‎

‎Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse. 1797. Scene showing the locals attacking voyagers as they disembark from their boats. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative maps and views survived and were published in 1797. Copper engraving. Very good condition. slight browing around edges but not effecting image Uncoloured. Size: 40 x 25.5 cm. 15½ x 10 inches unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55648

‎La Perouse; Buffon‎

‎North Pacific map Carte des Declinaisons et inclinaisons de l'Aiguille Aimantee redigee d'apres la table des observations Magnetiques faites par les Voyageurs depuis l'Annee 1775.‎

‎Paris 1788. Very Good; laid on acid-free canvas for long-term preservation. Notes: This handsome sea chart depicts magnetic needle readings along various routes in the North Pacific ocean.<br> Size : 590x1090 mm 23.23x42.91 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored in Outline Category: Maps Sea Chart; Maps Ocean Pacific; Maps United States West; unknown‎

Bookseller reference : M6851

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup.‎

‎PARTIE DE LA MER DU SUD COMPRISE ENTRE LES PHILIPPINES ET LA CALIFORNIE.‎

‎Paris: 1797. An interesting large sheet with two maps covering the same area. The top chart shows the routes of the Spanish galleons from Acapulco to the Philippines. The bottom chart shows La Perouse's route from Monterey through Hawaii and the Marianas to Macao. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative maps and views survived and were published in 1797. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L'Astrolabe was discovered wrecked on a vicious reef on an atoll in the New Hebrides. Full title: "Partie de la Mer du Sud comprise entre les Philippines et la Californie d'apres de Carte Espagnole trouvee sur le Galion pris par l'Amiral Anson en 1743 qui represente l'etat des connaissances a cette epoque et les routes que suivaient ordinairement les Galions dans leur traversee de Manille a Acapulco. Partie de la Mer du Sud comprise entre les Philippines et la California d'apres une autre Carte Espagnole communiquee a La Perouse dans sa relache a Monterey sur laquelle il avait trace sa route ainsi que les Iles qu'il avait reconnues avec des notes sur celles qu'il n'avait pas retrouvee." Copper engraving. Very good condition; some light stains along the lower horizontal fold; a tear and some foxing to the upper margin; wide margins. Hand coloured. Size: 79 x 55.5 cm. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 56361

‎La Perouse, Jean FG. F. G.‎

‎PLAN DE L'ENTREE DU PORT DE BUCARELLI sur la Cote du Nord-Ouest de l'Amerique par 55 degrees 15' de Latitude Nord et 136 degrees 15' de Longitude a l'Ouest de Paris.‎

‎Paris: La Perouse 1797. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Folio. A large map beautifully decorated with original outline color. The map is included in the Atlas volume of La Perouse's Voyages but was drawn from Spanish manuscripts as it was thought that it might be a part of the Northwest Passage. The map has an extra vertical crease from mis-folding but is quite clean and has large margins which are lightly soiled here and there. La Perouse Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 016788

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de GalaupEngraved by L. AUBERT. p. En‎

‎PLAN DE LA BAIE DE CASTURIES SITUEÉ SUR LA CÔTE ORIENTALE DE TARTARIE‎

‎Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse. Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique. 1797. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative maps and views survived and were published in 1797. An attractive sea chart showing a bay at the coast of Eastern Tartary. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. This is how this part of La Pérouse's journey was described in a diary: 'On 11 August they reached the southwestern point of Sakhalin Island which La Pérouse named Cap Crillon Mys Kril'on. The ships anchored near Mys Kril'on and Vaujuas went ashore where he met more Ainu people some of whom also visited the ship. The ships began to sail through the strait the next day. La Pérouse called it Canal de Castries but it would later be called La Perouse Strait.' Copper engraving. Very good condition. Faint vertical waterstains. Some very slight browning to lower margin. Good margins. Hand coloured. Size: 68 x 49 cm. 27 x 19½ inches unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55877

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de GalaupEngraved by AUBERT, L. p. En‎

‎PLAN DE LA BAIE DE TERNAI Situeé sur la côte de Tartarie.‎

‎Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse. Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique. 1797. A crisp clear map of the Bay of Ternai in Tartary. Relief shown by hachures; depths by soundings. From the Voyages of La Pérouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative maps and views survived and were published in 1797. Thirty-eight years later the scattered remains of La Boussole and L'Astrolabe was discovered wrecked on a vicious reef on an atoll in the New Hebrides. Copper engraving. Fine condition; slight browning and foxing to wide margins not affecting the image. Hand coloured. Size: 42.5 x 56.5 cm. 16½ x 22 inches unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 56364

‎La Perouse‎

‎Plan des Iles Juriles et des Terres peu connues‎

‎Paris 1788. Very Good. Size : 685x495 mm 27x19.5 Inches Coloring: Hand Colored Category: Maps Russia; Maps Asia Far East Japan & Korea; unknown‎

Bookseller reference : M4779

‎La Perouse, JFG J. F.‎

‎Plan of la Baie de Langle on the West side of the Isle of Tehoka.‎

‎1798. London Robinson 1798. 40 : 265 cm. Engraving. This map shows the bay of Langle located on the Russian island of Sakhalin. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 20266AB

‎LA PEROUSE, (JEAN FRANCOIS GALAUP de). - WITH WORLD MAP.‎

‎Relation abrégée du Voyage de La Perouse pendant les Années 1785 1786 1787 et 1788; pour faire suite à l'Abrégé de l'histoire générales des Voyages par Laharpe. Avec Portrait Figures et carte.‎

‎Leipsick No publisher 1799. Contemp. hcalf. Spine gilt and with gilt lettering. XXXVI562 pp. 5 engraved plates and 1 large folded engraved world map: "Mappemonde ou Carte réduite des Parties connues du Globe pour servir au Voyage de la Pérouse." 52 x 425 cm. A few margins of text at beginning and at end stained. The portrait lacks. <br/><br/><em>Sabin 38959. </em> unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 53594

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup de.‎

‎Short autograph note signed by La Pérouse.At sea ca. 1781-1785. Short manuscript note in ink on a small sheet of laid paper 12 x 13.5 cm.‎

‎An exceptionally rare autograph note signed by the great French explorer La Pérouse. The extraordinary story and achievements of La Pérouse are well known and recounted in the handsome official account of his expedition. However because he was lost without trace mid-voyage manuscript material relating to his life is very rare indeed. In the present note La Pérouse asks that his boat be given an impressive 286 "aunes" of canvas which is needed on board. An "aune" is an old-fashioned French measure usually translated as ell or cubit: its length could vary but the normal French/Parisian aune was about 118 cm meaning that La Pérouse is in fact asking for about 340 metres of canvas. The sheer quantity of the request speaks to La Pérouse having written the note while in charge of a large vessel.The document is counter-signed and noted as "delivered" by one "Deletombe": it seems very likely that this is Philippe-André-Joseph de Létombe who arrived in the United States in 1781 and was the French Consul in Boston and a correspondent of Thomas Jefferson. If this identification is correct the note would possibly date from La Pérouse's cruising in the West Indies and along the coast to Hudson Bay in 1781 and 1782.With old folds clearly and legibly written and docketed; in very good condition. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : H1RDFKW35E6F

‎La Perouse. Mureau M. L. A. Milet editor.‎

‎THE VOYAGE OF LA PEROUSE ROUND THE WORLD: In the Years 1785 1786 1787 and 1788. To Which is Prefixed Narrative of an Interesting Voyage from Manila to St. Blaise and annexed Travels over the Continent with the Dispatches of La Perouse in 1787 and 1788 by M. de Lesseps. Translated from the French. Illustrated with Fifty-one Plates.‎

‎<p>London: John Stockdale 1798. First Stockdale edition. Hardcover. Recently expertly rebacked retaining all original materials some toning to text and plates but a very good copy. 2 volumes contemporary full tan calf by H. Faulkner; 20 cxc 290; viii 442 119 pp 51 engraved plates in the 2 volumes including 3 folding maps in first volume. Printed label at upper corner of verso of front free endpaper: "Bound by H. Faulkner George Court Adelphi." The British Book Trade Directory finds a Henry Faulkner Sr. succeded by Henry Faulkner Jr. at a George Court Adelphi from 1790 to 1825. <br /><br />Originally published in French in 1797 this is one of two English-language translations published in 1798. This edition preceded earlier in the year by the Johnson edition which had only 41 plates. "The narrative of the enterprising but ill-fated Pérouse is full of interest in all portions but his relations of the peculiarities he observed in the natives of the northwest coast of North America are especially valuable. The mysterious fate of this distinguished navigator has never been satisfactorily cleared up. The above account was transmitted from Botany Bay after leaving this place the expedition was never heard of again" Sabin. In fact recent investigations into the fate of La Perouse have determined that both ships in the expedition were wrecked on the reefs of Vanikoro in the Solomon Islands. Cox I p. 67; Hill 974 observing that "The preface to the Stockdale edition leads one to suppose that the Johnson edition was published slightly earlier; Sabin 38964.</p> John Stockdale hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 23577

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup‎

‎Viaggi di La Pérouse Intorno al Mondo‎

‎Livorno: Tipografia Vignozzi 1827. Three leaves a little short at the margins printer's error a little foxing but very good. Three volumes duodecimo three frontispieces and three plates all with good contemporary handcolouring; contemporary quarter roan binding lettered in gilt marbled boards with vellum tips. <p><p>Attractive early Italian edition of La Pérouse's voyage containing six charming coloured plates three of which are not recorded in the standard bibliographies. The first of these unrecorded plates is a costume study captioned 'Uomo e Donna volgari della Concezione'; the second a view of Macao and the third depicts the death of botanist and savant Robert de Lamanon amidst a melée in Samoa during 1787. Neither Ferguson Forbes nor McLaren note the three plates additional to the frontispieces. Forbes did not in fact manage to inspect a copy of the book. Ferguson cites his own copy while McLaren consulted the Nan Kivell copy held by the National Library. </p> <p>This edition was part of a larger collection of voyages published in uniform duodecimo format with the series title Biblioteca Istruttiva e Piacevole ovvero raccolta dei più interessanti viaggi. Forbes confirms that each of the voyages was available separately. The spines in this set number the volumes within the series.</p> </p> . Tipografia Vignozzi unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4011312

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois de Galaup de‎

‎Viaggio di La Perouse intorno al Mondo‎

‎Milan: Dalla Tipgrafia Sonzogno e Comp 1815. The marbled sides a little rubbed. Four volumes bound in two small octavo with a folding world map outlined in colour and 16 hand-coloured plates; a nice set in contemporary quarter calf flat spines gilt. <p><p>Quite uncommon: the first Italian edition of the voyages of La Pérouse with a lovely series of handcoloured plates based on the original images of Gaspard Duché de Vancy done for the official French edition. Part of their charm lies in the way that they have been simplified to suit the format of the Italian edition.</p> <p>The existence of this Italian edition is testament to La Pérouse's enduring fame throughout Europe appearing as it did before even Captain Cook's voyages were translated Navigazioni di Cook 1816-17.</p> <p>It was almost fifteen more years before Peter Dillon published his discovery of the wreck of the Astrolabe and Boussole on Vanikoro and the map for this edition therefore still shows La Pérouse's track finishing at Botany Bay. The disappearance of the entire La Pérouse expedition overshadows what was in reality a great Pacific voyage. While primarily a voyage of exploration and discovery the possibilities of the fur trade and of French expansion into the Pacific and Asia were evidently investigated in depth. La Pérouse's habit of forwarding records whenever opportunity offered ensured their survival. The first portion was forwarded by sea from Macao; the second Macao to Kamchatka went overland with De Lesseps and the final despatches from Botany Bay.</p> <p>'Published as part of a series Raccolta di Viaggi dopo quelli di Cook of which according to a series title this comprised Volumes I-IV but is complete in itself. Strathern also lists a Livorno 1827 edition and a Naples 1831 edition. There is also a Naples 1833 edition' Forbes. It was evidently sold by subscription: two extensive lists of subscribers appear at the end of the first and last volumes respectively 26 and 27 pp. so a serious business. In both of them the name of Lover or Lovera figures who is identified as being from Milan. "G. Lovera" also appears in gilt on the spines of the two volumes.</p> </p> . Dalla Tipgrafia Sonzogno e Comp unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 4206026

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois Galaup de.‎

‎Voyage autour du Monde‎

‎Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique 1797. One of the great documents of French exploration" in the original boards First edition an attractive set with strong impressions of the plates. La Pérouse's work is a "magnificent production and some authorities consider the engraving and craftsmanship to be superior even to that in the Cook-Webber atlas Â… It is one of the finest narratives of maritime exploration ever written and certainly deserves to hold a place of high honour among the great travel accounts of the 18th century" Howell. La Pérouse's 1741-c.1788 expedition left France in 1785 to seek an inter-oceanic passage examining the parts of the Pacific not yet explored by Cook conducting scientific observations on the various peoples and regions assessing the extent of Spanish settlement in California and determining the possibilities of French expansion in the Pacific. En route to Kamchatka La Pérouse was the first to navigate safely and chart the Japan Sea and the strait between the island of Sakhalin and the northernmost island of Japan which bears his name. At Kamchatka he received instructions to proceed to Australia arriving at Botany Bay in January 1788 just hours after Captain Phillip had arrived with the First Fleet. After leaving later the same year the expedition was never seen again. Evidence slowly came to light that both ships were wrecked on the reefs around the islands north-west of Australia. This account is based on dispatches sent from Australia and Kamchatka before this. The atlas volume contains maps of Russian Asia Japan San Francisco Monterey and the Sandwich Islands. The most significant results of La Pérouse's voyage are the charts of the Asiatic side of the Pacific and the details of "the peculiarities he observed in the Native Americans of the northwest coast of North America are especially valuable" Sabin. It also features the first representation of the crested quail. The engraved portrait of La Pérouse counted as the 70th plate is here bound as the frontispiece in Volume I as often. The atlas was published in two forms: on regular usually trimmed and large or thick paper. Forbes and Lada-Mocarski give the measurements for the large paper issue variously at 620 x 455 and 563 x 420 mm. Provenance: Amandine Doré 1911-2012 the French painter illustrator and writer her pencilled signature on the front free endpaper of Volume I dated 1955 her signature and initialled booklabel on the front endpapers of the atlas. Doré produced works for travel narratives such as Mexique pay a trois etages 1955. 5 vols comprising 4 quarto text vols 307 x 256 mm and folio atlas 585 x 440 mm. Engraved portrait of La Perouse after Tardieu. Atlas: engraved allegorical title page by Moreau le Jeune 69 engraved plates and maps some double-page or folding many with original tissue guards loosely inserted. Original pulled paste paper boards flat paper covered spines tinted pink twin dark green spine labels original sheep corners housed together in light brown slipcase; atlas original pulled paste paper boards flat vellum spine covered with white paper dark green morocco spine label recent sheep corners. Text with occasional marginal pencillings or notes. Text vols: bookplate removed from front pastedown of vol. I rubbed a few superficial chips to spines and early recolouring vol. I starting before title; atlas: spine and sides extensively rubbed superficial split to foot of front joint marginal tear to Plate 28 and two others. A very good copy. Anker 276; Ferguson 251 dated 1798; Forbes 272; Hill 972; Lada-Mocarski 52; Sabin 38960; Streeter VI: 3493. Richard Reed in Howell Anniversary Catalogue 72 1982. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 181908

‎LA PEROUSE‎

‎VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE.‎

‎Paris: chez Plassan An VI - 1798. In-8 p. mm. 216x136 4 volumi brossura muta coeva dorsi con mancanze pp. 4LXVIII368; 4414; 316148; 4328; con una grande carta geografica più e più volte ripieg. i.e. “mappemonde ou carte reduite des parties connues du globe”. In Appendice al III vol.: “Tables de la route de "La Boussole" pendant les années 1785-1786-1787-1788 depuis son départ d'Europe jusqu'à Botany-Bay Tables de la route de "L'Astrolabe" pendant les années 1785-1786-1787 depuis son départ d'Europe jusqu'au Kamtschatka”. "Manca l'Atlante di tavole".Relazione del viaggio intorno al mondo in cui si tratta anche di astronomia fisica chimica mineralogia zoologia botanica e medicina. "Seconda edizione" la prima è del 1797 di questa importante opera che fu anche tradotta in varie lingue. Cfr. BrunetIII828 - GraesseIV103 - “The Hill Collect. of Pacific Voyages”972 per la prima ediz. di “one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to the Pacific and the West coast of North America”.Solo qualche lieve fiorit. altrimenti esemplare con barbe ben conservato."Jean-François de Galaup Conte di La Pérouse navigatore francese 1741-1788 ebbe da Luigi XVI il comando di un grande viaggio di circumnavigazione allo scopo di esplorare le regioni ancora sconosciute del Pacifico. Partito con due navi su cui erano alcuni scienziati 1785 si portò all'isola di Pasqua alle Hawaii e quindi lungo le coste dell'Alasca. Nel 1787 toccate le Marianne Macao e Manila costeggiò la Manciuria ed esplorò i mari intorno al Giappone settentrionale spingendosi fino alla Camciatca. Mandò dalla Nuova Olanda le sue ultime notizie in patria e salpato dalla Baia del Botanico con le due navi scomparve per sempre 1788. Secondo le tracce scoperte da P. Dillon e da Dumont d'Urville sarebbe naufragato presso l'isola Vanikoro gruppo S. Croce". Così Diz. TreccaniVI p. 691. chez Plassan, unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 117441

‎La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup‎

‎Voyage de la Pérouse Autour Du Monde. T. 2 Éd.1797 Histoire French Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2012632394.G ISBN : 2012632394 9782012632394

‎La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup‎

‎Voyage de la Perouse Autour Du Monde. Tome 3 French Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2019162024.G ISBN : 2019162024 9782019162023

‎La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup‎

‎Voyage de la Perouse Autour Du Monde. Tome 1 French Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2019162040.G ISBN : 2019162040 9782019162047

‎La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup‎

‎Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde publié conformément au décret du 22 avril 1791 et rédigé par M. L. A. Milet-Mureau . of 2; Volume 2 French Edition‎

‎hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 0274860805.G ISBN : 0274860805 9780274860807

‎La Perouse, Jean-Francois de Galaup‎

‎Voyage de la Pérouse Autour Du Monde. T. 4 Éd.1797 Histoire French Edition‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 2012632416.G ISBN : 2012632416 9782012632417

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup (Comte de).‎

‎Voyage de la Pérouse autour du Monde publié conformément au décret du 22 Avril 1791 et rédigé par M. L.A. Milet-Mureau.‎

‎Paris Imprimerie de la République An V An V 1797. . First edition. 4 text vols 4to 30 x 23 cms and folio atlas 58 x 45 cms engraved portrait of La Pérouse after Tardieu atlas with engraved allegorical title-page by Moreau le Jeune titled Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse without imprint and 69 engraved plates comprising folding world map 35 views and natural history plates 33 maps or coastal profiles of which 20 double-page. Text volumes contemporary half-calf marbled boards chip to head of spine vol. I light marginal water-staining vol. II and title-page vol. III bound without half-titles joints vol. I cracked but sound lightly rubbed some scraping to boards; atlas 19th-century red morocco-backed boards neatly rebacked royal cypher of Prince Philippe of Belgium to cover and spine marginal repair to tear circa 7 cms to blank outer margin plate 15 not touching image occasional light foxing at beginning and end a very good set.<br /> The first edition of one of the most important scientific explorations ever undertaken to the Pacific and the northwest American coast and the first scientific voyage to California. 'The voyage round the world under the command of La Pérouse was intended as the French equivalent of Captain Cook's Third Voyage and was enthusiastically endorsed by the Academy of Sciences and particularly by Louis XVI. The most significant results of the voyage are the charts of the then imperfectly known Asiatic coast of the Pacific' Forbes. <br /><br />La Pérouse was the first explorer to navigate and chart the Japan sea and the strait between the island of Sakhalin and the northernmost island of Japan which bears his name. At Kamchatka he received instructions to proceed to Australia to assess the extent of British plans. He arrived at Botany Bay in January 1788 just hours after Governor Phillip had arrived with the First Fleet. La Pérouse's habit of forwarding copies of journals and drawings when opportunity offered ensured their survival for as is well known the accomplishments of the voyage have been overshadowed by the disappearance of the entire expedition. The folio atlas contains magnificent maps of Russian Asia Japan the Pacific North-West Coast Hawaii San Francisco and Monterey; the views include a fine series of botanical and ornithological plates including the California quail. Of particular interest to Hawaii is the plate that depicts French ships off Makena Maui. It is the first fully developed view of that island.<br /> Hill 972; Forbes 272; Lada-Mocarski 52; Ferguson 251; Brunet III 828-829; Sabin 4797. Paris, Imprimerie de la République, An V, An V [1797]. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 98498

‎LA PEROUSE, Jean Francois‎

‎Voyage Round the World. Performed in the Years‎

‎1801. LA PEROUSE Jean Francois. A Voyage Round the World. Performed in the Years 1785 1786 1787 1788.TO which are added A Voyage from Manilla to California by Don Antonio Maurelle: and an Abstract of the Voyage and Discoveries of the Late Capt. G. Vancouver. Boston: Joseph Bumstead 1801 333pp. Contemporary full leather morocco spine label skillfully rebacked. Some toning throughout else very good. Hill 976. Sabin 38966. Howes L-93. Forbes 331. Shaw & Shoemaker 789. Ferguson 333. Reese Best of the West 20. Kroepelien 1331.The rare first American edition of one of the most important Pacific voyages. The La Perouse account was first published in Paris in French in 1797 and in English in 1798. This is one of the earliest Pacific voyages to appear in an American edition and published much less modestly than the French and British editions would have been the way the average American would have learned about La Perouse's important surveys of the Pacific coast and his descriptions of native Americans there. This is also the first American version although only a precis of Vancouver's voyage first published in London in 1798. The 1781 voyage of Spanish naval officer Francisco Antonio Mourelle incorrectly spelled in this edition's title went from the Philippines to the South Pacific where he explored in the vicinity of New Guinea and the Tonga Islands before sailing to Mexico. Howes is inaccurate in his pagination of this edition and the Hill copy contains a map that was added later. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 84360

‎La Perouse, Jean Francois de‎

‎Vue d'un éstablissment des habitans du port des francais pour la saison de la peche.‎

‎Paris. 1797. Scene showing inhabitants of Lituya Bay Alaska in fishing season. From the Voyages of La Perouse who set sail from France in 1785 to continue the discoveries of Captain Cook. He was shipwrecked in 1788 but his narrative maps and views survived and were published in 1797. Atlas Du Voyage De La Pérouse. Size: 400 x 255 mm. Copper engraving. Uncoloured. Very good condition. slight browing around edges but not effecting image. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 55666