See all 2 images Histoire d'un voyage aux isles Malouines, fait en 1763 & 1764 2 Volume set: Avec des observations sur le détroit de Magellan, et sur les Patagons (Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration)

A Benedictine scholar and naturalist, Antoine-Joseph Pernety (1716-96) produced this early and invaluable description of the natural history of the Falkland Islands (or isles Malouines). He had arrived there as part of the 1763-4 expedition led by Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, claiming the islands for France. A small colony was established, allowing Pernety to provide an account of an ecosystem as yet unaffected by a human population. He spent some months studying the landscape, flora, fauna and climate, and his observations and drawings were published in these two volumes in 1770 (a one-volume English translation of 1771 is also reissued in this series). Additional material from other voyages, to Patagonia and the Straits of Magellan, provides information on contact with indigenous peoples in South America. Volume 1 focuses on the 1763-4 expedition, its inspiration and findings. Volume 2 includes the coverage of South America and several maps and drawings.
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An aparitie	2014
Autor	Antoine-Joseph Pernety
Dimensiuni	5.1 x 14 x 22.2 cm
Editura	Cambridge University Press
Format	Paperback
ISBN	9781108075053
Limba	Engleza
Nr pag	758