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[BOUGAINVILLE, Louis Antoine de]. Voyage autour du monde par la frégate du roi la boudeuse et la flute l'étoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris: Saillant & Nyon, 1771. 18 engraved folding maps, 2 engraved maps and 3 engraved plates (stamp removed from title). Contemporary mottled calf (joints broken and repaired). FIRST EDITION. "Bougainville, once an aide-de-camp to the Marquis de Montcalm in Canada, made an unsuccessful attempt to colonize the Falkland Islands. Later [in 1767], on order from his government, Bougainville handed over the Falklands to Spain." Hill p. 31; Sabin 6864.