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Antoine Joseph Pernety
The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764, under the command of M.de Bougainville, in order to form a settlement there; and of two voyages to the streights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians: translated from Dom Pernety's Historical Journal written in French. London: T.Jefferys, 1771. 4° (262 x 203mm). 16 engraved plates, maps and plans, 7 folding. (Small tears to two of the folding maps, light browning.) contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, modern endpapers). Provenance; Robert Ballard Whitebrook (armorial bookplate).
First edition in English of this account of Bougainville's voyage of 1763-1764 during which the French settlement of Fort St.Louis was established in the Falkland Islands. The settlement was removed by Bougainville in 1766-1769, after complaints from the Spanish. Hill p.229. (2)
The History of a Voyage to the Malouine (or Falkland) Islands, made in 1763 and 1764, under the command of M.de Bougainville, in order to form a settlement there; and of two voyages to the streights of Magellan, with an account of the Patagonians: translated from Dom Pernety's Historical Journal written in French. London: T.Jefferys, 1771. 4° (262 x 203mm). 16 engraved plates, maps and plans, 7 folding. (Small tears to two of the folding maps, light browning.) contemporary speckled calf (rebacked, modern endpapers). Provenance; Robert Ballard Whitebrook (armorial bookplate).
First edition in English of this account of Bougainville's voyage of 1763-1764 during which the French settlement of Fort St.Louis was established in the Falkland Islands. The settlement was removed by Bougainville in 1766-1769, after complaints from the Spanish. Hill p.229. (2)
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