Louis-Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811) - Lot 207

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Louis-Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811) - Lot 207
Louis-Antoine DE BOUGAINVILLE (1729-1811) Voyage autour du monde, par la frégate du roi La Boudeuse, et la flûte L'Étoile, en 1766, 1767, 1768 & 1769. Paris, Saillant & Nyon, 1771, first edition, contemporary brown calf, red tomaison, small folio, 3 numbered plates of figures, 20 geographical maps (numbered 1/19 and plate 16 en bis). binding a little damaged, inside fresh. Note: First edition of this first round-the-world voyage by French navigator Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. The voyage began in 1766 with the departure of the frigate La Boudeuse from the port of Saint Malo, commanded by the Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811), whose mission was to hand over the Falkland Islands to Spain, and then to cross the South Sea to India between the tropics. This account offers interesting descriptions of the customs and productions of the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands and Tahiti, including a vocabulary of the Tahitian language. The work was an immediate success in Europe, and became a source of inspiration for the Western imagination. It also had a considerable influence on the history of navigation and travel, placing scientific precision at the heart of considerations...
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