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Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde, publié conformément au décret du 22 Avril 1791, et rédigé par M. L. A. Milet-Mureau.
London: A. Hamilton, 1799
Physical Description: 2 v. Pagination: v. 1: xlviii, [1], iii, 539, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates; v. 2: viii, 296, *289-*296, 297-304, *297-*304, 305-522, [18] p.
Call number: E799/ L311v /2-SIZE
Accession number: 09276
Notes: Includes selections of vocabulary in the Port des Français language, v. 1, p. 412-413, and in the Ecclemach language, v. 1, p. 470-471; these languages would appear to be part of the Wakashan group of languages spoken on the Pacific Northwest coast. There is a selection of vocabulary in the language of the inhabitants of Tchoka island, v. 2, p. 79-84, which is identified as located near the Kamchatka Peninsula. Vol. 1. all preliminary instructions, memoirs, etc. relating to the voyage. First part of the journal of La Pérouse -- v. 2. Second part of the journal of La Pérouse. Tables of the routes of the Boussole and the Astrolabe. Supplementary memoirs, letters, etc. "Relation d'un voyage intéressant de la frégate la Princesse, de Manille à Saint-Blaise, en 1780 et 1781," translated from the Spanish of F. A. Maurelle by A.G. Pingré: v. 1, p. 201-248.
"Extrait de la relation d'un voyage fait en 1779, par Don François-Antoine Maurelle ... pour la découverte des côtes occidentales de l'Amérique Septentrionale": v. 1, p. 249-262.
Atlas has engraved, illustrated title page: Atlas du voyage de La Pérouse with imprint: [London] Novr. 1st, 1798, by G.G. and J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row.
Includes index.
Digital facsimile copy of book available. Volume one here. Volume two here.
Languages: Achastlien / Chukchi / Esselen [Ecclemach] / Port des Français / Tchoka Island
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: North America
