Louis Antoine de BOUGAINVILLE
Voyage autour du monde par la fregate du roi La Boudeuse et la flûte L'Etoile ; en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769[Voyage Around the World by the King’s Frigate La Boudeuse and the Store-Ship L’Étoile; in 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769]
Chez Saillant & Nyon|Paris 1771|19 x 26 cm|relié
First edition, with 18 engraved maps et 5 folding engraved plates.
Contemporary tan calf, skillfully restored tear to the first folding map, some marginal restorations to the map “Troisième division - Archipel des navigateurs”. Falkland Islands map expertly rebacked on the outer margin as well as the Magellan Strait map. Map of the Buton Strait with a small marginal tear and a second restored with a strip of paper.
Bougainville undertook the first official French circumnavigation and scientific expedition. Starting from Nantes in November 1766, he sailed to the Falklands, made a stopover in Buenos Aires and then crossed the Magellan Strait and the P
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