A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus / by Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche ; with an historical description of the author's route through Mexico, and the natural history of that province ; also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make experiments on Mr. Le Roy's timekeepers ; by Monsieur de Cassini.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chappe d'Auteroche, abbé, 1728-1769.

Contributor:

Cassini, Jean-Dominique, 1748-1845.

Alzate y Ramírez, José Antonio de, 1737-1799.

Series:

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.

Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Mexico.

Natural history.

Cod fisheries.

Clocks and watches.

Venus (Planet)--Transit--1769.

Venus (Planet).

Mexico--Description and travel.

California, Lower--Description and travel.

Sallee, Morocco.

Leroy, Julien, 1686-1759.

Local Subjects:

Mexico--Description and travel.

California, Lower--Description and travel.

Sallee, Morocco.

Leroy, Julien, 1686-1759.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4 p.l., 215 p. ) front. (fold. plan) ;

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for E. & C. Dilly, 1778.

Notes:

Last page incorrectly numbered 315.

"Extract of a letter from Mexico addressed to the Royal academy of sciences at Paris, by Don Joseph Anthony de Alzate y Ramyrez ... relative to the natural history of the country adjacent to the city of Mexico": p. 77-105.

Apparently a translation of two works published by Cassini: "Voyage en Californie pour l'observation du passage de Vénus sur le disque du soleil, le 3 juin 1769 ... par feu m. Chappe d'Auteroche. Redigé et publié par m. de Cassini fils. Paris, 1772", and "Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1768 et 1769 pour éprouver les montres marines inventées par m. Le Roy. Paris, 1770".

Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.

Sabin no. 12004.

Cited in:

RLIN, CTRG10034410-B

OCLC:

85887893