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A Voyage round the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766–1769 - Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration Louis de Bougainville
A Voyage round the World, Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766–1769 - Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration
Louis de Bougainville
This is an English translation from 1772 of the famous Voyage Autour du Monde (1771) by Louis de Bougainville (1729–1811), French admiral and explorer. Describing de Bougainville's adventures on the voyage, it includes graphic descriptions of the discomforts and perils of sea voyages in the eighteenth century.
544 pages, 1 b/w illus. 5 maps
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 25, 2011 |
| ISBN13 | 9781108031875 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 544 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 244 × 29 mm · 878 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Forster, John Reinhold |