Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769, to the south-east of New Guinea, with the subsequent visits to the same lands by English Navigators, who gave them new names. To which is prefixed, an historical abridgement of the voyages and discoveries of the Spaniards in the same seas. By M. ***, formerly a captain in the French Navy. Translated from the French.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleurieu, C. P. Claret (Charles Pierre Claret), comte de, 1738-1810.

Standardized Title:

Découvertes des François, en 1768 & 1769. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discoveries in geography.

Solomon Islands--Discovery and exploration.

Solomon Islands.

Vanuatu--Discovery and exploration.

Vanuatu.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiv,323,[1]p.,XII plates ) maps ;

Other Title:

Discoveries of the French in 1768 and 1769,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for John Stockdale, Piccadilly, M. DCC. XCI. [1791]

Notes:

M. *** = Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu.

With a half-title.

Includes an appendix containing an extract from a memoir concerning the existence and situation of Solomon's Islands; presented to the Royal Academy of Sciences, Jan. 9, 1781, by M. Buache.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T98594.

OCLC:

642763314