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PAGÉS, Pierre Marie François, Vicomte de (1748-1793). Travels Round the World, in the Years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771. London: J. Murray, 1791-1792.
3 volumes, 8o (208 x 128 mm). 3-page publisher's advertisements bound at end of vol. II. Folding frontispiece plate in vol. I, folding table in vol. II. (F1 of vol. II with very small hole affecting a few letters.) Contemporary calf, vols. I and II with black morocco spine labels, vol. III with red morocco spine label (joints of vols. I and III starting, spines dry, some wear at corners). Provenance: J.M. Grafton (armorial bookplate).
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. While stationed in Santo Domingo in 1766, Pagés, an officer in the French Navy, was granted leave to travel around the world. He sailed to New Orleans, travelled up the Mississippi River to explore the Louisiana Territory, and then took a canoe up the Red River to Nachitoches. Crossing Texas on horseback, he then traversed Mexico, sailed to Guam and the Philippines, and proceeded to Java, India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine before sailing back to Marseilles. Vols. I and II of this edition cover the narrative until 1771 when Pagés returned to France, and vol. III, published the following year, describes his adventures as part of Yves-Joseph de Kerguélen-Trémarec's unsuccessful voyage toward the South Pole and his journey to Spitzbergen aboard a Dutch whaler. Bell P26; Cox I: 65-66; Hill 1285; Howes P-13; Howgego P7; Sabin 58171. (3)
3 volumes, 8
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. While stationed in Santo Domingo in 1766, Pagés, an officer in the French Navy, was granted leave to travel around the world. He sailed to New Orleans, travelled up the Mississippi River to explore the Louisiana Territory, and then took a canoe up the Red River to Nachitoches. Crossing Texas on horseback, he then traversed Mexico, sailed to Guam and the Philippines, and proceeded to Java, India, Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine before sailing back to Marseilles. Vols. I and II of this edition cover the narrative until 1771 when Pagés returned to France, and vol. III, published the following year, describes his adventures as part of Yves-Joseph de Kerguélen-Trémarec's unsuccessful voyage toward the South Pole and his journey to Spitzbergen aboard a Dutch whaler. Bell P26; Cox I: 65-66; Hill 1285; Howes P-13; Howgego P7; Sabin 58171. (3)