VOYAGES ET DECOUVERTES Kubalski - Vancouver, d'Entrecasteaux, Dillion 1853 2nd

Description: VOYAGES ET DECOUVERTES Kubalski - Vancouver, d'Entrecasteaux, Dillion 1853 2nd TITLE: Voyages et découvertes en Océanie depuis 1791 jusqu'a nos jours [Voyages and Discoveries in Oceania since 1791] AUTHOR: Nikoaj Ambrozy Kubalski PUBLISHER: A. Tours : Alfred Mame et Cie, imprimeurs-libraires, DATE: 1853 DESCRIPTION: 187, [1]p. : ill. ; 12°(19cm) Frontisplate depicting scene from the Peter Dillion voyage. CONDITION: Near GOOD, but very shaky. Open hinges, cover detached from page block. Spine chipped, with losses. General rubbing, and caps gone. Pages fresh with light spotting. Pencil sketch on back pastedown. BINDING: Decorated boards with Gilt and Teal embossed card Layer over Chromolithograph in die cut window on front.Includes three travels "before 1791": Peter Dillon (June 15, 1788 – February 9, 1847) was a sandalwood trader, self-proclaimed explorer, raconteur, and discoverer of the fate of the La Pérouse expedition..Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was an English officer of the British Royal Navy, best known for his 1791–95 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of contemporary Alaska, British Columbia, Washington and Oregon. He also explored the Hawaiian Islands and the southwest coast of Australia. In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city Vancouver are named for him, as are Vancouver, Washington in the United States, Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border and New Zealand's fourth highest mountain..Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (8 November 1737 – 21 July 1793) was a French naval officer, explorer and colonial governor. He is perhaps best known for his exploration of the Australian coast in 1792, while searching for the La Pérouse expedition. Listing and template services provided by inkFrog

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