Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769 by Louis-Antoine De Comte Bougainville

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London, Printed for J. Nourse ,... and T. Davies..., 1772. 4to., 26.2cm, the First Edition in English, xxviii,476p., with 5 engraved folding maps; 1 engraved folding plate (of canoes), contemporary notation on the top of the title page "John Campbell given by his brother Robert", in early half dark brown calf, blind ruled raised bands, blind stamped center panel device decorations, gilt title, grey pressed linen boards, marbled endpapers, text somewhat toned, (about normal) on map slight over-folded, both interior hinges started but the binding is sound, there is a small whole in the margin of R3 and Dd3, (paper flaws), not affecting the text, overall a very good sound copy.(cgc). Hill 165. O'Reilly & Reitman 285. vide Borba de Moraes I, pp.115-116 (Dublin ed.). Sabin [6869]. Kroepelien 113. Dunmore, French Explorers in the Pacific I, pp,57-113. "This account confirmed ... Rousseau's 'noble savage' concept, and inspired Denis Diderot to pen his denunciation of European contact with indigenous… Read More

London: Printed for J.Nourse and T.Davies, 1772. First Edition of the English Translation of the official account of the first French circumnavigation. Bougainville was instructed by the French government to surrender possession of the Falkland Islands to Spain and then to proceed across the Pacific to the East Indies. On his voyage he visited Tahiti, which he believed he was the first to discover, naming it ‘Nouvelle Cythère’, unaware of Wallis’s prior exploration, the Solomon Islands, Tuamotu Archipelago, and the New Hebrides. The largest island in the Solomons and two straits in the Pacific were named after him. The narrative includes an account of the discovery and occupation of the Falkland Islands, and a lengthy description of Tahiti and its inhabitants. Bougainville’s expedition stimulated great interest in France, and bolstered European romantic notions of a ‘South Sea paradise’ inhabited by ‘noble savages’. Despite the attribution on the title-page, the translation was… Read More